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Issuer: Birmingham Coining & Copper Company
History note: Trinity College 1296.
Image(height): 29.29 mm
Image(width): 29.75 mm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1937-08-11) by Trinity College, Cambridge
Uncertain 1792 CE - 1799 CE
Date in exergue of reverse has been altered from 1799 to 1792 (though Dalton & Hamer thought it should be read 1797).
Object composed of copper
Inscription present: Female figure seated right on rock with fasces, date in exergue
Inscription present: Stork standing left on cornucopia
Inscription present: BIRMINGHAM REDRUTH & SWANSEA [8 additional characters]
Accession number: CM.TR.1596-R
Primary reference Number: 164492
Dalton & Hamer: 87
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/164492 Accessed: 2024-12-23 00:39:38
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