JAN1
Active member
Morning all.
A couple of weeks ago on one of my beaches in Cornwall I found a coin that I have never seen before. A few days later as I was coming back from detecting another beach a man stopped me and asked if I had found anything, I said not much but I found this the other day, when I showed it to him he said, I know what that is as I collect them it's a Cornish penny from 1811 minted by Mr Williams of Redruth a mining magnate.
I have marked the coin as it is well worn, one side shows a pilchard with copper ingots and tin ingots the other side has a tin mine head with the winding engine so most things that were produced down here then. Not worth anything but interesting Cornish history.
A couple of weeks ago on one of my beaches in Cornwall I found a coin that I have never seen before. A few days later as I was coming back from detecting another beach a man stopped me and asked if I had found anything, I said not much but I found this the other day, when I showed it to him he said, I know what that is as I collect them it's a Cornish penny from 1811 minted by Mr Williams of Redruth a mining magnate.
I have marked the coin as it is well worn, one side shows a pilchard with copper ingots and tin ingots the other side has a tin mine head with the winding engine so most things that were produced down here then. Not worth anything but interesting Cornish history.