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Issuer:
Birmingham Coining & Copper Company
(Struck in the name of)
Issuer:
uncertain
Image(height): 29.67 mm
Image(width): 29.75 mm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1941-05-22) by Girton College
Production date: AD 1794
Dalton & Hamer note that issuing company seems never to have existed
Object composed of copper Weight 12.32 g
Inscription present: Female figure seated right on rock with fasces, date in exergue
Inscription present: Stork standing left on cornucopia
Inscription present: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL
Accession number: CM.GC.46-R
Primary reference Number: 164491
Dalton & Hamer: 75c
Othernumber: 80-1941
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Halfpenny" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/164491 Accessed: 2024-12-23 00:11:10
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