The King’s Norton Mint was founded in 1889 as The King's Norton Metal Company by engineers Thomas Richard Bayliss and George Hagger. As a private company it worked to develop and manufacture various metal products including wire, nails, ammunition, and later coins on behalf of the Royal Mint. Notably it is credited with inventing solid-drawn ammunition cartridges for small firearms during WW1. By 1912 the company acquired a contract from the Royal Mint to supply bronze Planchet for its London-based facility and later started to supply coinage for the British Empire. Working in conjunction with the Royal Mint and the Birmingham Mint, the Kings Norton Mint eventually struck its own coin series marked with a K N mint mark. With the outbreak of World War 1 priorities shifted towards the war effort and instead focused on ammunitions and weaponry.

Here, in a nice 12” x 9” wood display case with descriptive labels, are three English Pennies. Two dated 1918, displayed to show front and back, and one 1919. All marked “KN”. There is a WW1 .303 cartridge with “KN 17” headstamp.

A fine display of KN coins and WW1 cartridge. From the collection of author/publisher Dean Thomas.  [jet] [ph:jet]

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