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Die-engraver:
Jacobs, Benjamin
Issuer:
Skidmore, Meremoth
(Inferred)
Manufacturer:
Skidmore, John
History note: Trinity College 1250.
Image(height): 34.38 mm
Image(width): 34.33 mm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1937-08-11) by Trinity College, Cambridge
Production date: AD 1797
Reverse die cracked
Object composed of copper
Inscription present: View of the House of Commons from the Thames, engraver's name in exergue, all in milled border
Inscription present: Cap of Liberty over a coronet on a pole between a paLm-branch and cornucopia
Inscription present: I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY.
Accession number: CM.TR.1565-R
Primary reference Number: 164260
Dalton & Hamer: 173
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://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/164260 Accessed: 2024-12-27 15:56:49
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University of Cambridge}}
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