Æ 25.9mm diameter.  Curwen family arms.  R. CUR WEN  Charles Farthing 7.82b; D&W 286/46; Finlay 38.  Deliberately knocked in the field, otherwise fair - Fine and rare.

Ex David Rogers collection.
Coal mining by the Curwen family commenced at Workington in the mid-sixteenth century, increasing substantially under John Christian Curwen at the end of the 18th century.