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An image showing 'Halfpenny token commemorating Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe (1726-1799) and the Glorious First of June, 1794'
An image showing 'Halfpenny token commemorating Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe (1726-1799) and the Glorious First of June, 1794'
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Halfpenny token commemorating Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe (1726-1799) and the Glorious First of June, 1794

Halfpenny token commemorating Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe (1726-1799) and the Glorious First of June, 1794. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Howe in a pigtail, uniform and plain cocked hat (left). Legend: 'EARL HOWE & THE FIRST OF JUNE - HALFPENNY.' Below: '1795'. Reverse: A female figure seated, her left holding a wheel, her right hand a drill. Legend: 'HALFPENNY'. Exergue: '1790'.
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Object Details

ID: MEC1814
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Token - halfpenny
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Peter; Elder, Thomas Wyon the Kempson, Peter
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
Date made: 1795
People: Howe, Richard; Howe, Richard Elder, Thomas Wyon the Wyon, Peter Kempson, Peter
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 26 mm