Talk:Tin coinage

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Did you know... that in 2000 the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament claimed that it was owed £20 billion by the Duchy of Cornwall because of disparities in the rate of taxation of tin between 1337 and 1837?

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:31, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that until 1838 tin mined in Devon and Cornwall had to be cast into blocks weighing up to 3.34 long hundredweight (170 kg) and carried to designated towns to be proved and taxed? "varied in size and form, but which of late have been of a rectangular shape with a bevel .. weighing about 3.34 cwts each ... after having a corner of each of the blocks struck off and examined by duchy officers, appointed for the purpose, in order to see that the tin was of a proper quality, the blocks were stamped with the duchy seal, the dues paid, and the blocks permitted to be sold" from: Beche, Henry Thomas De La (1839). Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 585.
- ALT1: ... that in 2000 the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament claimed that it was owed more than £20 billion by the Duchy of Cornwall because of disparities in the rate of taxation of tin over preceding centuries? "on 15 May 2000 an invoice for £20,067,900,000 was received by the chief officer of the Duchy of COrnwall, the Lord Warden of the Stannaries. Sent by the 'Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament' (a pressure group formed in 1974), the invoice demanded a refund of a calculated overcharge by 100 per cent in taxation on tin production from 1337 (the birth of the duchy) to 1837" from: Grego, Peter (15 July 2013). Cornwall's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories. Portico. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-909396-43-2.

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5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

5× expansion of 8 June 2019‎ version completed from 258 characters to 3,310 and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected and AGF all sources re close paraphrasing (all are book scans which can't go through Duplication detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 178 characters long (ALT1 is 204); both are interesting but only the former is under the 200 character max. limit. Ref 1 (verifying the main hook) is a reliable source. Only QPQ needs to be completed. Also, feel free to revise ALT1. —Bloom6132 (talk) 21:42, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review Bloom6132. I've now carried out a QPQ at Template:Did you know nominations/Gimme Hope Jo'anna. Shortened ALT below - Dumelow (talk) 07:44, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2: ... that in 2000 the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament claimed that it was owed £20 billion by the Duchy of Cornwall because of disparities in the rate of taxation of tin between 1337 and 1837?

ALT2 is 192 characters (under the 200 character max. limit). Ref 6 (verifying ALT2) is a reliable source. QPQ done. Main hook and ALT2 look good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:12, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]