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  • These commemorative medals were presented to the next-of-kin of the men and women who died in action in the Great War (1914-18). The medal was commonly known as the 'Dead Man's Penny'. The medal was made of brass and measured approximately four and a half inches in diameter. Most of the medals were manufactured at Woolwich arsenal (London). In addition to this plaque or medal, families of the bereaved would also have received an illuminated scroll in full colour and a printed letter from Buckingham Palace bearing the signature of the King. The plaque was designed by Edward Carter Preston (1885-1965), a medallist/sculptor of Liverpool, who won a national competition to design the memorial plaque. This medal commemorates Thomas Owen.
A 'Dead Man's Penny' - commemorative medal presented to families of soldiers who died during the First World War
  • These commemorative medals were presented to the next-of-kin of the men and women who died in action in the Great War (1914-18). The medal was commonly known as the 'Dead Man's Penny'. The medal was made of brass and measured approximately four and a half inches in diameter. Most of the medals were manufactured at Woolwich arsenal (London). In addition to this plaque or medal, families of the bereaved would also have received an illuminated scroll in full colour and a printed letter from Buckingham Palace bearing the signature of the King. The plaque was designed by Edward Carter Preston (1885-1965), a medallist/sculptor of Liverpool, who won a national competition to design the memorial plaque. This medal commemorates Ivor Monroe Griffiths.
A 'Dead Man's Penny' - commemorative medal presented to families of soldiers who died during the First World War
  • The sensational Coed-y-Wenallt hoard was found in 1980. It dates from the time of the Civil War between King Stephen and Matilda ('Maud the Empress') over the English royal succession. The discovey of the hoard of 102 coins, mainly from the Cardiff mint, trebled at a stroke the number of known examples of Matilda's coinage.
Pennies of the Empress Matilda, from the Coed-y-Wenallt hoard, c. 1140
  • The Coed-y-Wenallt hoard contained a number of previously unknown baronial issues, such as those illustrated here which belonged to Henry de Neubourg.
Pennies of Henry de Neubourg, from the Coed-y-Wenallt hoard, c. 1141
  • These Cardiff pennies, by the moneyer Ioli de Brit, have a reverse design previously unrecorded for the time.
Pennies of the empress Matilda, from the Coed-y-Wenallt hoard, c. 1140
  • Pennies of English design, but unusual style, were produced at Rhuddlan around the year 1200, by moneyers named Halli, Tomas, Simond and Henricus. These are quite likely to have been issues of the Princes of Gwynedd.
Rhuddlan pennies, found at Llan-faes, Anglesey, c. 1200