It should have read 1 shilling & 6 pence pieces (2 different coins) In a message dated 24/10/2010 17:15:30 GMT Daylight Time, jason.austin@shaw.ca writes: I've not heard of a 1/6 coin before? Did it have a name? In New Zealand we used to have a 2/6 coin, the half crown - much later than 1817 of course!! Jason MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com wrote: >>From The Ipswich Journal ( Ipswich, England ), Saturday, April 26, 1817; >Issue 4180. > >Monday at the Middlesex Sessions, Henry MISKINS was indicted for having >unlawfully procured 1500 false and counterfeit pieces, of the likeness of a >sixpence, and having uttered and put in circulation the same. The evidence >to prove the fact charged in the indictment, was to this effect: The >prisoner came to town on the roof of the Union Birmingham coach, accoutered in a >rough great coat; his conduct excited suspicion, particularly when the coach >was going up a hill, by holding at the back of the carriage, and appearing >as if he had something bulky under his coat. When the coach arrived at the >Old Hats, at Ealing, two Police-officers were in waiting for another >person, when he pulled off his great coat, threw it on the roof and ran to the >privy. This excited suspicion, and they secured the prisoner, and on >searching the premises they found 3 parcels, containing 89 dozen of counterfeit >1s. 6d pieces, and 1500 6d pieces, the subject of the present indictment. The >Jury found him Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to be imprisoned for 2 >years. > >************************************** >Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > >List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message