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Halfpenny: CM.BI.1881-R

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 12 (Adeane)

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Jacobs, Benjamin (Inferred)
Manufacturer: Denton, Matthew (Inferred)

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Notes

History note: No recorded provenance; probably ex Rattey Collection, given first half of 1917

Measurements and weight

Image(height): 29.46 mm
Image(width): 30.08 mm
Weight: 11.5 g

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Unknown (2008)

Dating

Uncertain 1787 CE - Uncertain 1805 CE

Note

Mule of Spence's French Liberty reverse (D & H Middx. 760) and D & H Cork 11 reverse; plain edge

Components of the work

Object composed of copper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Thin man seated half right on palliasse gnawing bone, an empty plate before him and chair in field at right, on the wall in background a torch

  • Text: FRENCH LIBERTY
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: Wheatsheaf with sickle tucked into binding, a bird standing at either side

  • Text: PEACE AND PLENTY / HALFPENNY
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

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Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.BI.1881-R
Primary reference Number: 164959
Dalton & Hamer: 760
Dalton & Hamer: 11
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 12 February 2024 Last processed: Monday 12 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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