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Object Type: token
Museum number: SSB,192.58.2
Denomination: farthing
Description: Metal alloy token with a plain edge. (whole); Six lines of inscription in the field with the top and bottom lines of these following the curve of the legend inscriptions. Legend inscription all around. (obverse); A building. One line of inscription directly underneath it with its ends curving around the bottom sides of the building following the curve of the bottom part of the legend inscription. Legend inscription all around. (reverse)
Authority: Issuer: Robert Orchard
Production date: 1803
Production place: Issued in: London (England) (Greek Street, Soho); Issued in: Sawbridgeworth (?)
Materials: alloy
Type series: English Token
Dimensions: Weight: 3.740 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Dalton & Hamer / The Provincial Token Coinage of the Eighteenth Century (1062, p.198)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: architecture
Acquisition name: Donated by: Dorothea, Lady Banks
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sarah Sophia Banks
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: SSB,192.58.2

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