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Shakespeare trade token

Description

A copper Shakespeare trade token, about 1790. Pierced for suspension., These tokens (local and non-local) passed irregularly as currency when the copper coinage was insufficient in the last quarter of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. (Source: 1925 Catalogue p. 88).

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 1961-10

  • Date

    1790 (c.)

  • Technique

    struck

  • Material

    metal

  • Marks & inscriptions

    inscription : : obverse : : Shakespear [sic], inscription : : reverse : : Rule Britannia,

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust