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Hanter Puns - Cornish Stannary Parliament
| Issuer | Cornish Stannary Parliament |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Obverse description | Celtic knotwork borders frame the entire note. At left, a circular vignette bears the seal of the Cornish Stannary Parliament — CORNVBIE COMMVNITATIS STANGNATORVM — with a standing miner figure. The denomination '50 DYNAR' appears at lower left in bold gothic script, with the Cornish-language promise text and 'HANTER PVNS' in large calligraphic lettering at centre-right. A manuscript-style signature and serial number appear above the date CAMBRON 1985. |
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| Reverse description | Celtic knotwork borders surround the composition. At left, a circular portrait vignette contains a bust-length engraving of Richard Trevithick, his name inscribed around the circumference. To the right, a detailed letterpress vignette of the Pen-y-darren locomotive of 1804 is set against a landscape background, with a ribbon cartouche above bearing the inscription 'Pen-y-darren Locomotive 1804'. The Cornish cross flag appears at upper right, and the promissory text is enclosed in a ruled panel at lower centre. |
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The Cornish Stannary Parliament claimed dormancy rather than abolition — its proponents argued it had never been legally dissolved, and the 1985 note issue was part of a deliberate effort to assert that continuity in tangible form. "Hanter Puns" is simply half a pound in Cornish, and the choice of denominating in pounds rather than inventing a new unit suggests the intent was political provocation rather than a functioning parallel currency.
Printed in Camborne, the heartland of Cornish tin mining, the geographical choice was pointed. The stannaries were historically the self-governing tin-mining jurisdictions with their own courts and legal exemptions dating to medieval royal charters.