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token
Object Type
token
Museum number
1870,0507.1374
Denomination
halfpenny
Description
Metal alloy token.
(whole)
View of St Paul's church in ruins in Covent Garden?. Legend inscription.
(obverse)
A street, and spire of a church with a large cloud overhead with birds flying towards it. Date underneath in sectioned-off part.
(reverse)
Authority
Issuer:
Skidmore
Production date
1795
Production place
Issued in:
London (England)
(High Holborn)
Materials
alloy
Type series
English Token
Dimensions
Weight:
12.440 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton & Hamer / The Provincial Token Coinage of the Eighteenth Century
(531, p.153)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
church
road/street
natural phenomenon
bird
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Covent Garden
(? St Paul's Church)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Dr Wilhelm Freudenthal
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1870,0507.1374
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
N. 23272
(old catalogue no.)