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Coin, a penny, taken from the body of Mr John Jones
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
One penny coin, 1900, taken from the body of Mr John Jones following a mining disaster in the early 1920s.
Mr John Jones was victim of a roof fall at St. Georges Pit of Astley & Tyldesley Collieries (in yard mine, no.3 pit) on 20/10/19. The roof fell in one large 25 ton block and relatives claimed that the manager used explosives to clear it with the body still beneath it.
Details
- Category:
- Coal Mining
- Collection:
- Lancashire Coal Mining Collection
- Object Number:
- Y2002.19.285.1
- Materials:
- bronze (copper, tin alloy)
- Measurements:
-
31 mm,
- type:
- coin
- credit:
- Gift of Salford Museum and Art Gallery
