½ Penny Shropshire - Shrewsbury / Bishop Blaze
© A. KOIFMAN JR.
Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1793 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Diameter | 29.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 77455 |
| References | DH# 23 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
Shrewsbury Town Coat of Arms, consisting of three leopard’s faces on a shield. Legend around, date above
Script: Latin
Lettering: SHREWSBURY HALFPENNY 1793
Reverse
Bishop Blaze facing half right, holding a wool comb in left hand and an open book in right hand. Legend around
Script: Latin
Lettering: SUCCESS TO THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTORY
Edge
Plain with incuse legend
Script: Latin
Lettering: PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL .X.
Comments
Bishop Blaze (or Blaize) is the patron saint of woolcombers.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1793 | |||||||||||||||
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