½ Penny Norfolk – Norwich

½ Penny (Norfolk – Norwich) - obverse½ Penny (Norfolk – Norwich) - reverse

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Features

Issuer United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type Token
Year 1793
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Conder tokens (1787-1797)
Composition Copper
Weight 10 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 1797
Number
N#
81438
References DH# 20
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer ; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

A straight stocking and a glove, above a knife and fork crossed in an opposite direction. Lettering around and in exergue. Toothed border

Script: Latin

Lettering:
R · CAMPIN · HABERDASHER
GOAT · LANE ·
NORWICH

Engraver: Thomas Wyon the Younger

Reverse

Britannia (portrayed as a helmeted, plumed and draped female figure wearing a breastplate emblazoned with the union flag) seated facing left on tea-chest; her right hand resting on a terrestrial globe, and her left arm on an anchor; a crowned lion, it's head turned facing, reclining left at her feet. Legend around, date in exergue. Toothed border

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HALFPENNY.
1793

Engraver: Thomas Wyon the Younger

Edge

Inscribed and plain varieties exist

Lettering: CURRENT EVERY WHERE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

Comments

Issued by Robert Campin, a haberdasher with a business in Goat Lane, Norwich, this token was probably manufactured by Peter Kempson in Birmingham, the dies engraved by Thomas Wyon.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1793  75% DH#20 - CURRENT EVERY WHERE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
1793  25% DH#20a - BIRMINGHAM LIVERPOOL OR LONDON.
1793  0% DH#20b - plain edge (not in collar)

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