Halfpenny - Cambridgeshire Cambridge / J. Marston

Halfpenny - Cambridgeshire (Cambridge / J. Marston) - obverseHalfpenny - Cambridgeshire (Cambridge / J. Marston) - reverse

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Features

Issuer England (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type Token
Years 1648-1672
Value ½ Penny = 1⁄24 Shilling (1⁄480)
Currency English Trade Tokens (1648-72)
Composition Copper
Weight 2.2 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 0.95 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
79940
References B-W# 63
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

A hand issuing out of clouds, pouring coffee out of a coffee pot in to a cup on a table, three other cups by the side, legend around.

MM a mullet.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IOHN · MARSTON · IN · TRVMP

Reverse

Denomination across three horizontal lines, legend around.

MM a rose.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INGTON · STREET · CAMBR
HIS
HALFE
PENNY

Edge

Plain

Halfpenny - Cambridgeshire (Cambridge / J. Marston) -  obverse

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Comments

Full legend from both sides - 'John Marston in Trumpington Street Cambridge'.
Recorded in The Token Book by Galata under Cambridgeshire #63.
John Marston was thought to be a Coffee Seller or Grocer
mid 17th century; 1648-1672

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1648-1672) 

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