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collector's token
Object Type
collector's token
Museum number
T.6489
Description
Metal alloy collector's token.
(whole)
View of Paddington New Church with has a spire topped with a cross. Date in a sectioned-off part at the bottom. Legend inscription at sides and top.
(obverse)
A cypher of four letters with the first three entwined and decorated with ornaments. A date underneath. Cypher and date both enclosed within a circle of dots. Legend inscription between the inner circle of dots and the edge - a rhomboid shaped ornament separates the beginning from the end of the inscription.
(reverse)
Authority
Issuer:
Skidmore
Production date
1797
Production place
Issued in:
London (England)
(Holborn)
Materials
alloy
Type series
English Token
Dimensions
Weight:
9.570 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton & Hamer / The Provincial Token Coinage of the Eighteenth Century
(617, p.160)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
church
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Paddington
(? Paddington New Church)
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
T.6489
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
N . J . C . 87