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V3 2000 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 46, November 5, 2000, Article 6

LEAD WEIGHTS

Carl Honore writes: "the piece on lead weights this week was quite interesting. It is also interesting to note that the one and two penny cartwheel copper pieces of 1797 were also used as weights in England, so precisely were they made.

Boulton heretofore had boasted on his Cornish halfpenny token of 1794 that each piece contained "one half ounce of Cornish Copper", and so they did ... each and every one. Well the standard was set ... the cartwheels were too bulky to be used in everyday business transactions so were put to use as weights!!"

Wayne Homren, Editor

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