Date:1812
Description:
Dudley copper one penny token, 1812
Diameter 34mm
The obverse features an anvil above the date within a central ring. Around the outside is the inscription 'DUDLEY/ONE PENNY TOKEN'. The reverse features a vice and the inscription 'JAMs WILKINSON VICE MAKER' within a central ring. The incsription around the outside reads 'A POUND NOTE FOR EVERY 240 TOKENS'. 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.
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Dudley copper one penny token, 1812 Diameter 34mm The obverse features an anvil above the date within ...
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Donor ref:LEAMG : M995.1926.230 (66/16748)
Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
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