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'.
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Object Details
ID: | MEC1913 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Token - halfpenny |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wyon, Peter; Wyon, Thomas |
Date made: | 1794 |
People: | John Fowler, I; Wyon, Thomas Wyon, Peter |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 28 mm |
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