1 Shilling Warwickshire - Birmingham / Workhouse
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Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1811 |
| Value | 1 Shilling (1⁄20) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 18018 |
| References | Dalton# 6 Richard Dalton; 1968. The Silver Token Coinage 1811-12. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom. William John Davis; 1904. The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man: To which are added tokens of over one penny value of any period. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
View of the Birmingham Workhouse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BIRMINGHAM TOKEN
1811
ONE SHILLING
Reverse
Shield in centre.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ONE POUND NOTE
FOR 20 TOKENS
PAYABLE AT
THE WORKHOUSE
Edge
Milled
Comments
The Birmingham Workhouse for the Overseers of the Poor was located in Lichfield Street, Birmingham and accommodated 600 paupers and children at its peak.
Obverse and reverse varieties exist.
Obverse and reverse varieties exist.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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