Cartwheel

A slang name for the copper coinage of 1797. The Soho Mint issued one and two penny coins which weighed one and two ounces respectively (28.35 and 56.7 grams). It was the only time a government tried to give value for money. As expected, the public hated the heavy two pence and the famous Cartwheel twopence was never issued again. The penny was actually struck for a number of years but all the coins bear the date 1797.