½ Penny Middlesex - London / Coventry Street
© JM
Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1795 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 8 g |
| Diameter | 28.2 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 284207 |
| References | DH# 292 Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom. James Atkins; 1892. The Tradesmen's Tokens of the Eighteenth Century. W.S. Lincoln, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Legend around a water filtering stone, date in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FOR PURIFYING WATER.
1795
Reverse
Lettering across three horizontal lines, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THE FILTERING STONE WARE-HOUSE
COVENTRY
STREET
LONDON.
Edge
Plain
Comments
There is a marginal variety with a slightly different position for the period after 'London' (DH#293).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1795 | |||||||||||||||
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