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Spence's halfpenny token

Spence's halfpenny token. Obverse: Full-length figure of a sailor (right) brandishing a cudgel, seizing a landsman. Legend: 'BRITISH. LIBERTY. DISPLAYED.' Exergue: '1795'. Reverse: Three soldiers in line with rifles and fixed bayonets. Legend: 'WHO KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND KNOWING DARE MAINTAIN'. Exergue: '1795'.

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Object Details

ID:	MEC1917
Collection:	Coins and medals
Type:	Token - halfpenny
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Spence, T.
Date made:	1795
People:	Spence
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 30 mm