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Object Type
Museum number: 1870,0507.18242
Denomination: farthing
Description: Metal alloy token with a plain edge. (whole); One straight line of inscripton across the field with ornamental decoration above and below. Legend inscription all around. (obverse); A number in a double bordered oval in the middle of the field. Legend inscription all around. (reverse)
Authority
Production date: 1810-1822
Production place: Issued in: Edinburgh
Materials
Type series
Dimensions: Weight: 2.830 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Dalton & Hamer / The Provincial Token Coinage of the Eighteenth Century (123, p.433); Davis 1969 / The nineteenth century token coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (9, p.202); Withers 2013 / The Token Book. 2, Unofficial farthings & small advertising tokens 1820-1901 including "Columbia" farthings (7253, p.226); Batty 1868 / Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles and Colonies. Local & Private Tokens, Jettons, etc. (1248)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1870
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1870,0507.18242
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Atkins 321,112 (old catalogue no); Miscellaneous number: Neumann 24690 or 26490 (old catalogue no)

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