Halfpenny - Cambridgeshire Cambridge / T. Powell

Features

Issuer England (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type Token
Year 1666
Value ½ Penny = 1⁄24 Shilling (1⁄480)
Currency English Trade Tokens (1648-72)
Composition Copper
Weight 1.7 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
39664
References B-W# 71/2
William Boyne, George C. Williamson; 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland, by corporations, merchants, tradesmen, etc. / Volume 1 (2nd edition). Elliot Stock, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Central lozenge shapes within inner circle, legend around.

mm. a rose of six leaves (sexfoil)

Script: Latin

Lettering: THOMAS · POWELL · IN

Reverse

Denomination across three horizontal lines within inner circle, legend and date around.

mm. a rose of six leaves (sexfoil)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HIS
HALF
PENY
CAMBRIDGE · 1666

Comments

Catalogues: M Dickinson 71/2. W 72. Dies as Norweb 405.

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