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Guess what i found while cleaning my silvers today? - two 1935 sixpence
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Posted : Monday, 2 September 2013 4:07:02 PM(UTC)
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Thanks creamer, i havent found anything looking like that yet, im going to google them as i thought they were like wax seals, i cant igure how they would hold a letter? i see the opening but how the hell does it keep something closed? nope i cant work it out good ol google better help. Thanks for posting the pic ae ill find 1 one day surely
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Posted : Monday, 2 September 2013 4:37:48 PM(UTC)
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They're post BAG seals.

Once all the mail is loaded into the canvas sack, it is sealed with one of those (with a loop of string). Then the bag is sent to it's next destination. If the bag arrives without a seal, they know the mail has been tampered with, something that ends up with the perpetrator stuck in one place doing what Her Majesty desireth.
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Posted : Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:21:14 AM(UTC)
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Went out for an hour or so this afternoon and dug up a three pence and about had a heart attack for half a second before the brain kicked I realised what I was reading was an upside down '1939.' Nice sharp clean coin though, was pretty happy with it even if it is not the magic one.
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Posted : Tuesday, 3 September 2013 7:59:58 AM(UTC)
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Thanks for that OROPLATA i googled but didnt find anything, do you know when they used them [date]?


rgmcbrid what a bummer, ill race ya to find 1 lol
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Posted : Tuesday, 3 September 2013 9:57:55 AM(UTC)
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Lead seals were used on everything back in the day. These ones obviously mail tags. It was a way to ensure that goods were not tampered with along their journey.

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Posted : Wednesday, 4 September 2013 10:23:06 AM(UTC)
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How odd, we didnt think too much of them once we had found more than a few, even tossed a couple back in the drink! but ive kept the ones found in a container.
I took them out to photo them as requested and instead of putting them back i put them on my finds shelf.
Well, so far two persons have spotted them there and said "wow", what are these, they are real cool.

Hmmm, im thinking they are a top find now and glad you pointed this out. My favorite lead collection is looking a lot better now.

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