1812 One Penny - Scorrier House - Cornwall

Issuer: Private (Scorrier House) Cornwall, Great Britain.
Value: 1 Penny (1/240)
Grade: F12
Year: 1812
Metal: Copper
Weight: 18.4 g. 
Diameter: 33.5 mm
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: Withers# 687

Obverse:
View of a mill

Lettering:
PAYABLE AT SCORRIER HOUSE
ONE POUND
FOR
240 TOKENS
1812

Reverse:
Arms of the Prince of Wales

Lettering:
CORNISH PENNY
ICH DIEN

Edge:
Central angled grain

Comments:
Scorrier House, located near the village of Scorrier, Cornwall, is a country house and the seat of the Williams family. During a national currency shortage in the early 19th century, John Williams III (1753–1841) took the initiative to pay his workers in his own Cornish currency, struck in copper from his own mines.

Referencia : Withers# 687

Fuente : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1...

Colección : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens