- Last Updated on Friday, 05 March 2021 14:30
The Peters Creek Historical Society welcomes as guest speaker, Tom Corry on Monday, March 22, at 7:30 pm at Wrights United Methodist Church, 788 Venetia, Road, Venetia. Mr. Corry will talk about Plate money, a term used to define the extremely large copper coins used in Sweden during the 17th and 18th century.
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| Replica Sailing Ship of the ‘Nicobar’ – where 3,000 pieces of Plate Money were recovered. |
Known as Swedish copper, the plates were first issued ca. 1643, measured 13" X 27" in size and weighed 43 pounds! By 1715 the plates settled in at 1.7 pounds and in 1759 it was the last year they were produced in quantity.
Plate money is the largest coinage type and hard for one to imagine its use in commerce. There are 11,000 pieces of plate money known to exist. Approximately 3,000 of these were recovered from a trading ship named the ‘Nicobar’, discovered and salvaged off the coast of South Africa in 1980. Learn more about this fascinating subject, the value of these plate coins and where they are housed.
Museum Tours
Please note, the scheduled tours of the Enoch Wright House, Museum of Westward Expansion, concluded in September. Private tours can be arranged by appointment. Check out the society's website for more information on the society, the Enoch Wright House and the log cabin: www.peterscreekhistoricalsociety.org.
