½ Penny Lothian - Leith
Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1797 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Miedź |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 120389 |
| References | DH# 61 Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
(en) A ship sailing, at bottom sprigs of leaves, rope hanging from bowsprit
Script: łaciński
Lettering: LEITH HALFPENNY
Reverse
(en) Figure of Britannia seated, holding spear and palm branch, date in exergue
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
LEITH HALFPENNY
1797
Edge
(en) Inscripted
NOTE: plain variety exists
Script: łaciński
Lettering: PAYABLE IN LEITH EDINBURGH & GLASSGOW + + +
Comments
(en) See also similar type DH#60
See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1797 | DH# 61Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom. |
(en) PAYABLE IN LEITH EDINBURGH & GLASSGOW + + + | 96% | ||||||||||||
| 1797 | DH# 61aRichard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom. |
(en) plain edge | 0% | ||||||||||||
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