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Penny: CM.TR.1583-R

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Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Jacobs, Benjamin
Issuer: Gorton, Thomas

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Notes

History note: Trinity College 1249.

Measurements and weight

Image(height): 32.92 mm
Image(width): 33.58 mm

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1937-08-11) by Trinity College, Cambridge

Dating

Production date: AD 1797

Components of the work

Object composed of copper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Issuer's cipher between palm branches within border

  • Text: BRITISH PENNY / 1797
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: View of ruined abbey with legend either side and in border, in lower part of which engraver's signature

  • Text: NEWSTEAD ABBEY // NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY

  • Location: Edge
  • Type: Marginal inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.TR.1583-R
Primary reference Number: 164440
Dalton & Hamer: 5
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 September 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

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