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Halfpenny: CM.TR.1389-R

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Skidmore, John (Inferred)

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Measurements and weight

Image(height): 29.25 mm
Image(width): 29.29 mm

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1958-01-16) by Trinity College, Cambridge

Dating

Uncertain 1787 CE - Uncertain 1805 CE

Note

Plain edge

Components of the work

Object composed of copper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Man hanging on a gibbet right, crooked, church in background at right from which flies a flag

  • Text: END OF PAIN
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: Legend in five lines with ornament above and below

  • Text: MAY THE / KNAVE / OF JACOBIN CLUBS / NEVER GET A / TRICK
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

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Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.TR.1389-R
Primary reference Number: 164334
Dalton & Hamer: 830a
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 17 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 1 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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