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Fowler's halfpenny token
Fowler's halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Neptune with a trident, head (three-quarter right). Legend: 'HALFPENNY'. Reverse: Four men in a boat, one in the bows harpooning a whale. Legend: 'PAYABLE AT I. FOWLER'S. LONDON'. Exergue: 'WHALE FISHERY 1794'. John Fowler was an oil merchant and tin plate worker at 78 Long Acre, London
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1912 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Peter; Wyon, Thomas |
| Date made: | 1797 |
| People: | John Fowler, I |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 28 mm |
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