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Die-engraver:
Wyon, Thomas
(Uncertain)
Issuer:
British Copper Company
History note: No provenance.
Image(height): 29.63 mm
Image(width): 30.25 mm
Method of acquisition: Unknown (2008-08-22)
Production date: AD 1813
Grained edge
Object composed of copper
Inscription present: Lion passant
Inscription present: Britannia seated left with shield, spear and olive-branch, issuer's initials beneath shield, all in wreath
Accession number: CM.BI.2407-R
Primary reference Number: 170199
Withers: 610
Davis: 39
Coxall: 3
Stable URI
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/170199 Accessed: 2024-11-05 10:47:46
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/170199
|title=Halfpenny
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 10:47:46|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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