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The Loftus Iron Company was established c. 1873/74 at Skinningrove on the north east coast of England between Redcar and Whitby. Initially two blast furnaces were built, approximately 1 mile from ironstone workings. [1] [2] In 1877, the business was liquidated, and was acquired by the Skinningrove Iron Company in 1880. [3]
Shelton Bar (Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company) was a 400-acre (1.6 km 2) major steelworks in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.In its heyday, Shelton Bar employed 10,000 in the steelworks, had five coal mines, a complete railway system, and a by-products processing factory.
The bars generally weigh between 0.5 and 0.3 kg [2] Spit shaped bars are the most commonly found representing half of all finds. [3] Sword shaped bars make up another 40 percent. [3] Iron currency bars have been found in some numbers in hill-forts With 27 being found at Hod Hill. [4] [5] The bars found at Danebury appear to have been into the ...
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In 2010, The Independent called the firm "a prominent London auction house, specialising in militaria". [11] Noonans is the largest numismatics auctioneer in London; it had £11.7m of total hammer sales in 2018. [12] In September 2019, it increased its buyer's premium to 24%, becoming the first UK numismatics auctioneer to go above 20%. [12]
In early May 2016 Tata stated it was considering offers from seven bidders for the whole UK business, [53] taking forward only bids for the whole of the business. [54] Other bidders were rumoured to be JSW Steel (India), Nucor (US), Hebei Iron & Steel Group (China), ThyssenKrupp (Germany), private equity fund Endless LLP (UK), and Greybull Capital.
Currency bars have been found in four forms known as sword-shaped, spit-shaped, plough-shaped, and bay-leaf-shaped. [6] It has been suggested that these shapes were used to show the origin of the bars. [6] The bars generally weigh between 0.3–0.5 kg (0.66–1.10 lb). [6] Spit-shaped bars are the most commonly found, representing half of all ...