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Title: id please Post by: Terry on December 29, 2009, 11:25:00 PM Found this 4 yrs ago on parkland in cardiff.
Title: Re: id please Post by: Terry on December 29, 2009, 11:29:57 PM its the size of a cartwheel penny
kiwi Title: Re: id please Post by: Terry on December 29, 2009, 11:46:37 PM cant work out he three letters, it has one penny on the other side,
Title: Re: id please Post by: Sexy Legs (Leighton) on December 29, 2009, 11:57:56 PM Looks like a one penny truck token from mining days. The link below says the letters are TIC (Tredegar Iron Company):
(http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/TICPenny.jpg) http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/SirhowyValley.htm (http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/SirhowyValley.htm) Title: Re: id please Post by: Terry on December 30, 2009, 12:06:28 AM excellent, Leighton, top marks
Cheers Terry Title: Re: id please Post by: Sexy Legs (Leighton) on December 30, 2009, 12:08:57 AM You're welcome, Terry. :)
Title: Re: id please Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on December 30, 2009, 12:58:53 AM well ID'd leighton..... ;)....byron
Title: Re: id please Post by: 150aceboy on December 30, 2009, 09:15:15 AM Excellent I.D. Leighton, and nice find Terry
Ace ;) Title: Re: id please Post by: handyman [Alan} on December 31, 2009, 09:45:31 PM not sure if it is the tredegar iron company -- i came across this link
http://www.tredegar.co.uk/history/#Tredegar (http://www.tredegar.co.uk/history/#Tredegar) Iron and Coal Company Tredegar Iron and Coal Company The formation of Tredegar Iron and Coal took place in 1875.The Company made great strides forward with colliery developments. One such development was the conversion of the Balance Pits that were around to Steam driven Pits. This greatly enhanced coal production. The Tredegar Iron and Coal Company was in existance until 1946 and the formation of the National Coal Board was there an early company, the foreruner of the above? this is a great link for identifying tokens http://www.baldwin.co.uk/auction62/62-British-Tokens-and-Banknotes.pdf (http://www.baldwin.co.uk/auction62/62-British-Tokens-and-Banknotes.pdf) Title: Re: id please Post by: Legacy Hunter on December 31, 2009, 09:52:46 PM good info nice find
Title: Re: id please Post by: handyman [Alan} on December 31, 2009, 09:56:20 PM further research and info on this site proves that the original identification by Leighton was spot on. it even gives a piccy of the token.
well done leighton http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/SirhowyValley.htm (http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/SirhowyValley.htm) Title: Re: id please Post by: Legacy Hunter on December 31, 2009, 09:58:01 PM yes well done leighton
debs Title: Re: id please Post by: Sexy Legs (Leighton) on December 31, 2009, 10:00:58 PM Great! To be honest, I just Googled a few things and got lucky. But like they say in Vegas, it's better to be lucky than good.
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