½ Penny Kent - Appledore / W. Peckham

½ Penny (Kent - Appledore / W. Peckham) - obverse½ Penny (Kent - Appledore / W. Peckham) - reverse

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Features

Issuer United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type Token
Year 1794
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Conder tokens (1787-1797)
Composition Copper
Weight 9.64 g
Diameter 29.6 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1797
Number
N#
89836
References DH# 3,
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer ; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.
Atkins# 2
James Atkins; 1892. The Tradesmen's Tokens of the Eighteenth Century. W.S. Lincoln, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Beaded circle in centre containing: a small man (centre) carrying a sack of grain (from part of a building on left) into Appledore Windmill (right). Lettering outside circle, date below. Beaded border

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE UNION OF APPLEDORE KENT ·
1794

Engraver: William Wyon

Reverse

Beaded circle in centre containing: a lion and a lamb lying together (to left) in standing corn/wheat (ready for harvest). Lettering outside circle, design below. Beaded border

Script: Latin

Lettering: PEACE INNOCENCE AND PLENTY ·

Engraver: William Wyon

Edge

Plain with incuse legend

Note: varieties exist

Lettering: PAYABLE AT W. PECKHAM'S APPLEDORE · X · X · X ·

½ Penny (Kent - Appledore / W. Peckham) -  obverse

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Comments

Engraver - Wyon. Manufacturer - Lutwyche. Proprietor - W. Peckham.

William Peckham was a general shopkeeper with a business in Appledore, Kent.

Catalogues: (Conder p.48, 1; Pye p.4, 2; Virt p.10; Atkins p.48, 2).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1794  78% DH# 3 - PAYABLE AT W. PECKHAM'S APPLEDORE
1794  33% DH# 3a - PAYABLE AT W. FRIGGLES GOODHURST
1794  0% DH#3b - PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL.
1794  0% DH#3c - plain edge

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