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Half-penny trade token
Description
A half-penny trade token dated 1790, bearing on the obverse a bust of Shakespeare. On the reverse is a design showing Britannia with mining (or possibly agricultural) tools and machinery.
A half-penny trade token dated 1790, bearing on the obverse a bust of Shakespeare. On the reverse is a design showing Britannia with mining (or possibly agricultural) tools and machinery.
STRST : SBT 1998-13
1790
2.9 cm
inscription : : obverse : bust of Shakespeare to left :, inscription : : : reverse : female seated and holding mining (?) tools : 1790, inscription : : rim : : PAYABLE AT BANBURY OXFORD OR READING,
A trade token, 1790.
CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust