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Issuer: Curtis, William (Cambs, C19th)
Image(height): 22.17 mm
Image(width): 22.33 mm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1958-01-16) by Trinity College, Cambridge
Production date: AD 1813
Plain edge
Object composed of copper
Inscription present: Legend in five lines and around
Inscription present: Sugar-loaf labelled "W C / C" between two canisters labelled "HYSON" and "SOUCHONG" left and right, legend above and below, date beneath
Accession number: CM.TR.1644-R
Primary reference Number: 170451
Withers: 660
Davis: 2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Farthing" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170451 Accessed: 2024-12-25 15:05:14
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University of Cambridge}}
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