1 Farthing - Edinburgh - Grocer & Wine Merchant
Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Value | 1 Farthing (1⁄960) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 2.5 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 578387 |
| References | Batty# 1269-1275 David Thornbory Batty. Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles and Colonies. Manchester, United Kingdom (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Text around and surrounded by beaded border.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GROCER
& WINE
MERCHANT
Reverse
Tea chest between two sugar loaves text around surrounded by beaded border.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TEAS GROCERIES
& SPICERIES
Edge
Reeded
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Comments
At least six variations known according to the Batty's catalogue of the copper coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British isles, and colonies, local &; private tokens, jettons
Date unknown but these may be from anywhere in the 1790s-1830s period.
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