Hmm ... doesn't seem to be more! "Brummagem" seems to have appeared in the 17th century. One site claims the Romans called it Bremeum, which is interesting,as it didn't exist before the Saxons (Birm and co) settled there. Counterfeit coining was a thriving industry for a long time (but better ones were made at Walsall!); exports include brummagem screwdrivers, brummagem spanners, Brummies (there's one in Berkshire) and the A5127 ("The greatest Thing to come out of Birmingham is the Chester-road", Dr Johnson; "Bollocks!", Dr Chinn).


What was the question again?