½ Penny Onchan Internment Camp

Features

Location Isle of Man (British Crown dependencies)
King George VI (1936-1952)
Type Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Years 1940-1945
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound (1839-1971)
Composition Brass
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
198770
References KM# Tn23,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Mackay# 138
James Alexander Mackay; 1978. The Pobjoy encyclopaedia of Isle of Man coins and tokens (2nd edition). The Pobjoy Mint, Sutton, London, England.

Series: Onchan Internment Camp

Obverse

Three legged Triskelion.

Reverse

Value in centre, with dot.
Dot below with facing arrow heads.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ONCHAN INTERNMENT CAMP
½ D.

Edge

Plain

Comments

Struck by J. R. Gaunt & Son Ltd., Birmingham.

Onchan Internment Camp held 'enemy aliens' that had been living in the UK.
(an enemy alien is usually a citizen of a foreign nation with which you are at war)

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1940-1945)  2 000

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