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Halfpenny: CM.TR.1536-R

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Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Issuer: White, John (Scotland, C18th)
Manufacturer: Kendrick, Joseph

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Measurements and weight

Image(height): 28.92 mm
Image(width): 28.71 mm

Place(s) associated

  • Leith

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1796

Note

Plain edge

Components of the work

Object composed of copper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Three-masted ship and two-man wherry sailing right before seafort with tower and flagpole

  • Text: SUCCESS TO THE FORT / 17 OF LEITH 96
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Inscription present: Woman seated left with staff and scales, thistle growing behind chair at right and jar marked "GIN" and sack marked "TEA" before her

  • Text: PAYABLE AT THE HOUSE / OF JOHN WHITE // KIRK GATE LEITH
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.TR.1536-R
Primary reference Number: 164576
Dalton & Hamer: 58
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 September 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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