Plymouth halfpenny token
- PART OF:
- Collection of trade tokens
- Made:
- 1796 in Birmingham
- engraver:
- Arnold
- maker:
- William Lutwyche
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Plymouth halfpenny token
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Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Plymouth halfpenny 1796
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Plymouth halfpenny 1796. (DH Devon 6). Issuer Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co., 1796, ½d. Obverse Man seated at a loom: ‘Plymouth Halfpenny’. Reverse Woman seated at a spinning wheel: ‘Sail Canvas Manufactory’. Notes The factory was founded by eighteen men for philanthropic reasons to give employment to the poor. Shepheard was a witness at the trial of another partner, the Rev William Winterbotham, a Dissenting minister. For preaching two seditious sermons he was sentenced to four years imprisonment and a fine of £200.
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1977-381/2
- Materials:
- copper
- type:
- token
- credit:
- Mr. J. Newmark.
