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Shilling: CM.BI.2638-R

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Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Stanton, Charles
Issuer: Stanton, George (Notts, C19th)
Issuer: Hancock
Issuer: Wakefield
Issuer: Ellis, William (Notts, C19th)
Manufacturer: Younge
Manufacturer: Deakin

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Notes

History note: No provenance.

Measurements and weight

Image(height): 25.38 mm
Image(width): 25.46 mm

Place(s) associated

  • Mansfield (Notts)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Unknown (2009-09-01)

Dating

Production date: AD 1812

Note

Milled edge

Components of the work

Object composed of silver

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Beehive and fourteen bees with legend beneath and around in toothed border

  • Text: C&G.STANTON·HANCOCK·WAKEFIELD & C.o & W.M ELLIS · // MANSFIELD
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: Female seated right on bale, marked with artists's initial, with scales and cornucopiae, ship in background at right, legend around

  • Text: ONE SHILLING SILVER TOKEN / 1812
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.BI.2638-R
Primary reference Number: 170534
Dalton: 3
Davis: 3
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 September 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 27 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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