Tin coinage
1156–1838 tax on tin in Devon and Cornwall, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Devon and Cornwall, tin coinage was a tax on refined tin, payable to the Duchy of Cornwall and administered in the Stannary Towns. The oldest surviving records of coinage show that it was collected in 1156. It was abolished by the Tin Duties Act 1838.