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Issuer: uncertain
Image(height): 29.13 mm
Image(width): 29.08 mm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1941-05-22) by Girton College
Production date: AD 1797
Object composed of copper Weight 9.02 g
Inscription present: Three-masted ship sailing right with laurel-sprays beneath
Inscription present: Britannia seated right with spear and trefoil leaf, shield leaning against chair at right, date in exergue
Inscription present: PAYABLE IN LEITH EDINBURGH & GLASGOW + + +
Accession number: CM.GC.69-R
Primary reference Number: 164575
Dalton & Hamer: 61
Othernumber: 75-1941
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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) "Halfpenny" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/164575 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:52:31
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University of Cambridge}}
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