Parys Mining Corporation

[the-BANGOR-citizan]

Why would a PMC Token be found in a Radnorshire field 180 miles from Anglesey.

[Chef Geoff]

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

[Kev]

Nice that Paul

[the-BANGOR-citizan]

Thanks Kev. Thinking about it Chef I found one down at Chepstow at a DW rally a few years back. You are probably right.

[brickie58]

hi ive found these in pembokeshire too.

[Dungbeetle]

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.

[carling2]

had 1 here too

[Dungbeetle]

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.

[hotmill]

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.

[beachboy (viv)]

i have found these on swansea beach as well.viv

[dragonsbreath(Paul)]

I have found 3 in total over the years... none found in Wales lol
Berkshire/Oxfordshire and Cambridge all in very poor condition....PaulB.

[Goldpanner]

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

[grego]

Nice find, I found one on a club dig at Caerwys.

[daveh]

I found one in Herefordshire