{"id":2356,"date":"2025-08-31T19:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:11:29","slug":"cartwheel-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/cartwheel-coin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartwheel Coin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Finds From Wirral\u00a0 &#8211; Cartwheel<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2350\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/cartwheel-coin\/cartwheel2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cartwheel2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel2-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2350\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel2.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/cartwheel-coin\/cartwheel1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cartwheel1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel1-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2349\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cartwheel1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Not old enough to be considered for a submission to PAS but interesting nonetheless<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">is this &#8220;cartwheel&#8221; penny of George III. 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