medal
- Museum number
- M.5021
- Description
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Pewter medal. (whole)
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View of the tower of London, hand holding scales of justice in splendour above. (obverse)
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Inscription within sprays of laurel. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1794
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 33.000 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Brown 1980 states:
This piece is more of a medallic nature than a token, it was made for sale to collectors and is not a genuine trade token. See Brown 1 p88.378.
Bibliography: Dalton, R. and Hamer, S. H. 'The provincial token-coinage of the 18th century', London, 1910, Middx. 206.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Thomas Hardy Acquitted of High Treason, 1794
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- M.5021
- C&M catalogue number
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MB3 (Brown 1) (89) (379)