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'.

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
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