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Portsea promissory halfpenny token

Portsea promissory halfpenny token. Obverse: St George, mounted, spearing the dragon. Legend: 'PROMISSORY HALFPENNY'. Exergue: '1796'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a full-rigged ship under sail, a large fish below. Inscription on edge: 'PAYABLE AT S SALMONS, J COURTNEY & E FROST, PORTSEA'.

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Object Details

ID:	MEC1840
Collection:	Coins and medals
Type:	Token - halfpenny
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Willets, T.
Date made:	1796
People:	Willets, T.
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 30 mm