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Liverpool halfpenny token
Liverpool halfpenny token. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of ship in full sail. Legend: 'LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY'. Reverse: Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe (1726-1799) in cocked hat and uniform (left). Legend: 'EARL HOWE & THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE.' Inscription on edge: 'PAYABLE AT LONDON CORK OR BELFAST.' A mule.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1905 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794 |
| Date made: | 1 Jun 1794 |
| People: | Howe, Richard; Howe, Richard |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 28 mm |