1 Farthing Whitehaven - William Kitchin
Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1812 |
| Value | ¼ Penny (1⁄960) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 4.4 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Issued | 1812 |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 573236 |
Obverse
Central monogram WK within inner circle, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PAYABLE AT WHITEHAVEN
WK
Reverse
Tea canister within inner circle, legend and date around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FARTHING TOKEN
1812
Edge
Diagonal centre grained
Comments
Davis identifies this as William Kitchin Grocer of Whitehaven #2
Would seem not to be as common as the Wilson Bragg token of the same year
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1812 | |||||||||||||||
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