Copper hammered?
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2025 11:26 am
Morning all,
Over the last year and half I’ve found at least 30 extremely thin (width < 1mm) small (<15mm) coppers, with no obvious detail on them. I showed the first few I found to the numismatist at the NMS when handing in the seal matrix to the TT last year, and he thought they could possibly be turners - Scottish two pences.
I know it’s not much but I’ve finally found one with what I’m optimistically calling some detail. I think it might be a Spink 5596 or 5524 - Charles I or James VI hammered turner, as my eyes are seeing a lion rampant and at least one pellet on the reverse and a thistle on the obverse. I’ve put a screen shot of these for comparison. They should be 19 mm, but the outer legend seems almost completely lost. I’ve given it a few coats of renaissance wax to try and raise the detail. Would anyone be able to confirm this id please? Go on, humour please![[88/]](./images/smilies/88_EmoticonsHDcom.png "BigGrin")
, these have been doing my head in for ages, as they always give such a nice signal and it would be nice know I can positively id one for a change. Found in south Lanarkshire with manticore on pasture about 2” down, signal on line at 20 (this one came out of a field that rarely gets ploughed - may explain why it’s not completely worn smooth like all the others I find).
Thanks for looking,
Stevie
Edit: have reorientated the photos
Over the last year and half I’ve found at least 30 extremely thin (width < 1mm) small (<15mm) coppers, with no obvious detail on them. I showed the first few I found to the numismatist at the NMS when handing in the seal matrix to the TT last year, and he thought they could possibly be turners - Scottish two pences.
I know it’s not much but I’ve finally found one with what I’m optimistically calling some detail. I think it might be a Spink 5596 or 5524 - Charles I or James VI hammered turner, as my eyes are seeing a lion rampant and at least one pellet on the reverse and a thistle on the obverse. I’ve put a screen shot of these for comparison. They should be 19 mm, but the outer legend seems almost completely lost. I’ve given it a few coats of renaissance wax to try and raise the detail. Would anyone be able to confirm this id please? Go on, humour please
, these have been doing my head in for ages, as they always give such a nice signal and it would be nice know I can positively id one for a change. Found in south Lanarkshire with manticore on pasture about 2” down, signal on line at 20 (this one came out of a field that rarely gets ploughed - may explain why it’s not completely worn smooth like all the others I find).Thanks for looking,
Stevie
Edit: have reorientated the photos