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Subject: [CHESHIRE-L] Re: Cheshire Coinage
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 18:06:37 EDT

In a message dated 03/05/99 10:06:20 GMT Daylight Time,
writes:

> I have obtained a halfpenny from 1789 that has Macclesfield Cheshire on it.
> Am I correct in believing that some counties had their own coins, perhaps
> the Palatines.

Jim

This is a new one on me! I would be very surprised if this is a genuine
halfpenny. Either that or it has been "over-struck" with the name - as far as
I know an illegal practice.

Regards

Alan
Alan's Genealogy & Cheshire, England Page
http://members.tripod.com/~AlanCheshire/index.htm

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