½ Penny Lancashire - Liverpool / Bishop Blaize
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Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Years | 1791-1793 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Miedź |
| Weight | 10 g |
| Diameter | 29.1 mm |
| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 112989 |
| References | DH# 115 Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom. James Atkins; 1892. The Tradesmen's Tokens of the Eighteenth Century. W.S. Lincoln, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
(en) Man-of-war in full sail to right, legend above, wreath below.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY
Reverse
(en) Standing figure of Bishop Blaize (patron saint of woolcombers) holding a wool comb in his left hand and a book in his right, with a lamb at his feet and legend around.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: ARTIS NOSTRÆ CONDITOR
Edge
Legenda
Script: łaciński
Lettering: PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY, LONDON OR LIVERPOOL
Comments
(en) As is common with many other Conder pieces, this token is actually a mule:
Obverse: There is an extensive Lancashire / Liverpool halfpenny series depicting the man-of-war in sail and this die relates to the DH#107 variety which shows a date of 1793 to the reverse;
Reverse: There is an extensive Yorkshire / Leeds halfpenny series depicting Bishop Blaize and this die relates to the DH#52 variety which shows a date of 1791 to the reverse;
Obverse: There is an extensive Lancashire / Liverpool halfpenny series depicting the man-of-war in sail and this die relates to the DH#107 variety which shows a date of 1793 to the reverse;
Reverse: There is an extensive Yorkshire / Leeds halfpenny series depicting Bishop Blaize and this die relates to the DH#52 variety which shows a date of 1791 to the reverse;
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1791-1793) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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