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token
Object Type
token
Museum number
1870,0507.1333
Description
Metal alloy token.
(whole)
Bust in relief of Robert Orchard facing to the right. Date underneath. Inscribed name on truncation underneath his right shoulder.
(obverse)
Seven line inscription.
(reverse)
Producer name
Made by:
John Milton
(?)
Authority
Issuer:
Robert Orchard
Production date
1803
Production place
Issued in:
London (England)
Issued in:
Sawbridgeworth
Materials
alloy
Type series
English Token
Technique
relief
(?)
Dimensions
Weight:
26.780 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton & Hamer / The Provincial Token Coinage of the Eighteenth Century
(36, p.96)
Davis 1969 / The nineteenth century token coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
(47, p.74 and pl.J, no.15)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
merchant/shopkeeper
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Robert Orchard
Acquisition name
From:
Dr Wilhelm Freudenthal
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Coins and Medals
Registration number
1870,0507.1333
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
N. 23186