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Title: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: the-BANGOR-citizan on November 06, 2013, 11:26:05 AM Why would a PMC Token be found in a Radnorshire field 180 miles from Anglesey.
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: Chef Geoff on November 06, 2013, 11:32:16 AM I've found them in Bristol and Somerset, I think they probably passed as unofficial coinage in the same way as the French 5 and 10 centimes did ;)
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: Kev on November 06, 2013, 11:45:21 AM Nice that Paul
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: the-BANGOR-citizan on November 06, 2013, 11:49:51 AM Thanks Kev. Thinking about it Chef I found one down at Chepstow at a DW rally a few years back. You are probably right.
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: brickie58 on November 06, 2013, 11:52:37 AM hi ive found these in pembokeshire too.
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: Dungbeetle on November 06, 2013, 12:01:27 PM We get these tokens quite often in North Wales and they are a really nice token. I've had plenty of other tokens from England , Ireland and 1 from Scotland. As Geoff says they were accepted as coins due to the lack of small denomination money in circulation at the time. Nice find by the way.
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: carling2 on November 06, 2013, 12:13:10 PM had 1 here too
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: Dungbeetle on November 06, 2013, 12:32:05 PM Parys mountain was the biggest industrial complex in its day and the copper was exported worldwide, a lot of it was processed in the Greenfield valley not too far from me.
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: hotmill on November 06, 2013, 12:37:13 PM Parys mountain was the biggest industrial complex in its day and the copper was exported worldwide, a lot of it was processed in the Greenfield valley not too far from me. A lot of the blank discs that were pressed for the coins were also done in Holywell. Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: beachboy (viv) on November 06, 2013, 01:33:10 PM i have found these on swansea beach as well.viv
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: dragonsbreath(Paul) on November 06, 2013, 09:04:20 PM I have found 3 in total over the years... none found in Wales lol
Berkshire/Oxfordshire and Cambridge all in very poor condition....PaulB. 8) Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: Goldpanner on November 07, 2013, 11:10:40 AM I've found them in Bristol and Somerset, I think they probably passed as unofficial coinage in the same way as the French 5 and 10 centimes did ;) Or even the Venetian Soldino which is often found on UK fields Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: grego on November 08, 2013, 09:36:37 AM Nice find, I found one on a club dig at Caerwys.
Title: Re: Parys Mining Corporation Post by: daveh on November 08, 2013, 01:04:28 PM I found one in Herefordshire :)
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