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Title: coin weight I.D. please Post by: zorro on July 21, 2010, 10:39:30 AM Hi Peter any chance you have some info on a coin weight found by hammered steve.
it's 2 1/2 inches in diameter and weighs approx 2 ounces. I believe the reverse is flat with no detail on. many thanks kev Title: Re: coin weight I.D. please Post by: nfl on July 21, 2010, 10:45:02 AM oohh thats nice,,does it say the word plumber on it ;D
Title: Re: coin weight I.D. please Post by: James on July 21, 2010, 01:30:15 PM very nice find mate ;)
Title: Re: coin weight I.D. please Post by: Debbie on July 21, 2010, 07:29:12 PM Nice find Zorro - and looks to be in good condition.
Hopefully The Doc will be able to shed some light on it - I had a browse on the net earlier today, but could not see anything close to it. Deb Title: Re: coin weight I.D. please Post by: The Doc on July 21, 2010, 08:12:22 PM This is not a coin weight, but may be a weight of some sort. It appears to read E FIDOE PLUMBER.
Edmond (or Edmund) Fidoe was a plumber at 25 Baldwin Street Bristol in the 1760s and 1770s, and I think this item relates to him, although I have no idea what it was used for. Some info here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blacksmiths/plumbers-1.htm#F (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blacksmiths/plumbers-1.htm#F) Title: Re: coin weight I.D. please Post by: nfl on July 21, 2010, 08:14:37 PM told you it said plumber ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: coin weight I.D. please Post by: zorro on July 22, 2010, 08:30:36 AM thanks peter. well if its not a coin weight then i have absolutely no idea what it could be?
the sides are straight, not tapered, so dont think it could be some sort of a brass bung. another for the U.F.O. file then. great piece of detective work on the name though all the same peter...many thanks. i'll break the "bad" news to steve. |