1797 Cartwheel penny mintage

Discussion about United Kingdom • 1 Penny - George III (2nd Issue; 'Cartwheel')

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Etron
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Posted: 23 Dec 2025, 02:27 #
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Northover, Peter; Wilcox, Nick (2016). "Matthew Boulton's Copper". In Quickenden, Kenneth; Baggott, Sally; Dick, Malcolm (eds.). Matthew Boulton: Enterprising Industrialist of the Enlightenment. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315594-34-7.

 

google books preview of source:

https://books.google.com/books?id=ldEoDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT104&dq=1797+penny+43,969,204&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9w6nf3tCRAxW0GFkFHW1CGGwQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q&f=true

 

this source states 43,969,204 as a mintage number - we only have 8,601,600 listed

 

the royal mint states “nearly 44,000,000” - https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/curators-corner/penny/, which implies 43,969,204 would be an accurate number

 

Should we update to 43,969,204 to match the royal mint and “Matthew Boulton's Copper” sources? I'm unsure where the 8,601,600 came from

Offa
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Posted: 24 Dec 2025, 11:15 #
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There are also private re strikes from the mid nineteenth century 

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