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trade token

Description

Half penny trade token, 1792. Obverse with bust of Charles Roe to right and inscribed 'CHARLES ROE ESTABLISHED THE COPPER WORKS 1758.' Reverse with man at anvil with ship in the background and inscribed 'HALFPENNY 1792'.

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT L1959-3/84

  • Date

    1792

  • Technique

    struck

  • Marks & inscriptions

    inscription : : obverse : bust to right : CHARLES ROE ESTABLISHED THE COPPER WORKS 1758., inscription : : reverse : man at anvil with ship in the background : HALFPENNY 1792, inscription : : edge : : illegible,