½ Penny Somerset - Bath / City Token
Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Years | 1787-1797 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Diameter | 28.5 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 341471 |
| References | DH# 74 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
View of the front of a building with railings in front, lettering in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FREE SCHOOL
Reverse
The arms and supporters of Bath in a sunk oval, with lion to the left and bear to the right, lettering above and below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BATH CITY.
TOKEN ·
Edge
Plain and lettered edge varieties exist
Script: Latin
Lettering: COVENTRY TOKEN.
Comments
Part of a series of Bath City Tokens DH#69-84 that all bear the same reverse but have different obverses and edge varieties.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1787-1797) | DH#74 - plain edge | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1787-1797) | DH#74a - COVENTRY TOKEN. | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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