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Shakespeare token

Description

A copper-alloy half-penny token, dated 1790 and bearing a representation of Shakespeare based on the Chandos portrait. These tokens (local and non-local) passed irregularly as currency when the copper coinage was insufficient in the last quarter of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century.

  • Marks & inscriptions

    inscription : : obverse : : Shakespeare, inscription : : reverse : : Halfpenny. 1790, inscription : : on edge : : Payable in Suffolk Bath or Manchester,

  • Credit line

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