Description:
British Copper Company penny token, 1813
Diameter 32mm
The obverse features the inscription 'BRITISH COPPER COMPANY' within a wreath of oak branches. Around the outside are the words 'SMELTING WORKS AT LANDORE'. The reverse features a lion above the value and the date. The inscription 'ROLLING MILLS AT WALTHAMSTOW' is around the outside. The Napoleonic Wars led to a shortage of regal coinage in the early 19th Century. From 1811 many businesses and companies produced their own token copper and silver coinage of which this is an example.