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Halfpenny: CM.TR.1518-R

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Maker(s)

Artist: Wright, James, junior
Issuer: Anderson (Edinburgh, C18th)
Issuer: Leslie [Unidentified]
Manufacturer: Kempson, Peter

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Measurements and weight

Image(height): 28.04 mm
Image(width): 28.13 mm

Place(s) associated

  • Edinburgh

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1958-01-16) by Trinity College, Cambridge

Dating

Production date: AD 1797

Note

Plain edge

Components of the work

Object composed of copper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Frontage of Edinburgh University with artist's signature sunk into forecourt; tower divides date

  • Text: EDINBURGH HALFPENNY / 1797 // NEW / UNIVERSITY // PAY.E BY ANDERSON LESLIE & CO
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: Gardener standing facing with uprooted sapling and spade, garden in background, legend in border around

  • Text: NEU SEGNES JACEANT TERRÆ / * ETIAM MONTES CONSERERE JUVAT *
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.TR.1518-R
Primary reference Number: 164560
Dalton & Hamer: 7
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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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