Macclesfield, Roe & Co. (copper smelter and silk dealer), Westwood's Penny, 1790, in bronzed
copper, bust of Charles Roe right, rev. seated figure of Industry holding drill and cogwheel, edge plain,
35mm/26.41gm. (DH 3). Good Extremely Fine, rare.
Ex. 'an old Surrey Col.' via Mark Rasmussen Sept. 2016.
Charles Roe (1715‑81), entrepreneur in both the silk and copper trades ‑ as early as 1743 he had built his first
water‑powered mill in the town and within two decades Macclesfield had become the nation's main centre for silk production.