Halfpenny - Warwickshire Coventry / City
Features
| Issuer |
England
(United Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1669 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | English Trade Tokens (1648-72) |
| Composition | Miedź |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 336822 |
| References | B-W# 55 William Boyne, George Charles Williamson (ed.). Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland, by corporations, merchants, tradesmen, etc.. Elliot Stock, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). |
Obverse
(en) Lettering and date across five lines. A rosette each side of A
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
A
COVENTRY
HALFE
PENNY
1669
Reverse
(en) Arms of the City of Coventry - an elephant left and castle. At the top sits a cat, flanked by C's.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: C C
Unabridged legend: Coventry City
Comments
(en)
An order of Council made by the Corporation of the City of Coventry in 1669 is as follows :
"That the tokens which have lately been issued in this city be called in under a penalty of £5, as many persons are obliged to received 13d. of these tokens for 12d. in silver, and that none be suffered to remain out, except those which have the city's stamp ; and whatever profit there be the sword-bearer to take it. After the 16th of April the above tokens to be called in."
· (Courtesy of Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century by George C. Williamson)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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