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Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Carmarthen halfpenny, 1791. (DH Carmarthen 7). Issuer John Morgan, 1791, ½d. Obverse Interior of an ironworks showing furnace ‘Caermarthen Iron Works’. Reverse Interior of a forge with tilt hammers. ‘Kidwelly, Whitland, Blackpool and Cwmdwyfron Forges, I. Morgan’. Notes This is a very fine token with great attention to detail. Large manufacturers were frequently also bankers.
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- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1977-381/77
- Measurements:
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diameter: 28 mm,
- type:
- token trade tokens, tokens, iron industry and trade and halfpenny, iron industry and trade and token
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- exchange medium
- credit:
- Mr. J. Newmark.
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