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Die-engraver:
Halliday, Thomas
Issuer:
Union Copper Company
Issuer:
uncertain
(Countermarked by)
History note: No provenance.
Image(height): 37.71 mm
Image(width): 36.96 mm
Method of acquisition: Unknown (2008-09-01)
1812 CE - 1815 CE
Grained edge; Union Copper Company token (Withers 367) countermarked by anonymous Keighley issuer
Object composed of copper
Inscription present: Clasped hands with ruffed cuffs, date below, all in circle with legend around in circle of points, countermarked "KEIGHLEY" raised in incuse rectangle above hands and with blank crescent stamp beneath
Inscription present: Legend in three lines in circle with legend around in circle of points, countermarked "KEIGHLEY" raised in incuse rectangle slightly right-of-centre above central legend and stamped incuse in crescent beneath
Accession number: CM.BI.2492-R
Primary reference Number: 170327
Withers: 800
Withers: 367
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 (2024) "Penny" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170327 Accessed: 2024-12-22 04:56:30
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University of Cambridge}}
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