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1 Farthing Worcestershire - Worcester

1 Farthing (Worcestershire - Worcester) - obverse1 Farthing (Worcestershire - Worcester) - reverse

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Features

Issuer United Kingdom
Type Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year 1788
Value 1 Farthing (1⁄960)
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1971)
Composition Mosiądz plated miedź
Weight 3.9 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Falisty
Technique Frezowana
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 15 October 1831
Number
N#
285692
References DH# 33-36
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.
, BHM# 277
Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Wizyta króla Jerzego III w WorcesterAutomatically translated

Obverse

Popiersie laureata w prawo, inicjały poniżej, legenda wokół.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA .
W. A. & CO.

Reverse

Ukoronowana tarcza z napisem w czterech wierszach, legenda dookołaAutomatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
M . B . F . ET . H . REX . F . D . B . ET . L . D . S . R . I . A . T . ET . E .
WORCES
TER .
AUGUST .
6 .7 & 8 .
1788.

Comments

Upamiętnia wizytę króla Jerzego III w mieście Worcester 6 sierpnia 1788 roku.

Dalton & Hamer wymienia cztery odmiany tego typu:

DH#33 kropka po GRATIA oddalona od popiersia
DH#34 kropka po GRATIA bliżej popiersia
DH#35 trzeci liść wskazuje na pierwszą cyfrę
DH#36 drugi liść wskazuje na trzecią cyfręAutomatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1788  DH# 33
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.
1788  DH# 34
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.
1788  DH# 35
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.
1788  DH# 36
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.

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