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Die-engraver:
Jacobs, Benjamin
Issuer:
Gorton, Thomas
History note: Trinity College 1249.
Image(height): 32.92 mm
Image(width): 33.58 mm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1937-08-11) by Trinity College, Cambridge
Production date: AD 1797
Object composed of copper
Inscription present: Issuer's cipher between palm branches within border
Inscription present: View of ruined abbey with legend either side and in border, in lower part of which engraver's signature
Inscription present: I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY
Accession number: CM.TR.1583-R
Primary reference Number: 164440
Dalton & Hamer: 5
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Penny" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/164440 Accessed: 2023-10-03 06:24:10
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Accession Number: CM.47-2007
Accession Number: CM.159-1999
Accession Number: CM.158-1999
Accession Number: CM.5.62-1933
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