Record ID: CORN-E65518
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of George III (1760-1820), with NORTH WALES FARTHING on obverse and PRO BONO PUBLICO (meaning 'for the good of the public') on reverse, which should be dated to 1793 on reverse, but date now too worn to make out
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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.