Record ID: CORN-CAEC07
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy coin weight with the letters L . S above the numbers 3 . 12 on both the obverse and reverse of the weight. These numbers equate to the value of £3 and 12 shillings and would have been the largest weight in a set of up to eleven weights used from c.1760-1773 to weigh the Portuguese moidore and 'joe' series of gold coins. This one was particularly used for the double johannes which equated to 8 escudos. Weights like this one, stamped with incuse letters and ciphers, were made by watch-makers, jewellers and other traders who bought blanks from wholesalers and stamped th…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-C9FB84
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat circular coin weight countermarked with the crown above GR for George III (1760-1820). These types of coin weight are provincial and dated to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, according to Read (1988) p.199. The weight weighs about 7 grams which equates to about a quarter of an ounce averdepois.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.