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Object name(s):
trade token; halfpenny; token
Brief description:
trade token; copper halfpenny; R. Allen, Poole; obverse 'R. Allen ironmonger Poole 1797' with Prince of Wales crest; reverse 'Poole halfpenny payable in Dorsetshire and Devon 1797'; engrailed edge
Collection:
Poole Museum
Associated concept:
coins & medals
Condition:
fair
Dimension:
diameter
Dimension value:
3 cm
Number of objects:
1
Object name:
trade token; halfpenny; token
Object number:
POOMS:MC2568.14
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1797
Object production person:
Allen, R.
Person's association:
issuer & ironmonger
Object production place:
Poole
Other number:
T:1998.021
Use begin date:
1999
User's reference:
Dalton, R. and Hamer, S.H. : 1977 : The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century : Quarterman :: p.27, no.3

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/95a22cbf-b0c0-38c6-81e9-5f46ac603b67

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/95a22cbf-b0c0-38c6-81e9-5f46ac603b67, Poole Museum, CC BY-NC

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