Spence's halfpenny token

Spence's halfpenny token. Obverse: Spence's halfpenny. Full-length figure of a sailor in a hat, smoking a pipe, holding out a bowl in his left hand. Legend: 'A TRUE HEARTED SAILOR.' Reverse: A foul anchor. Legend: 'IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE'. Below: '1794'.

Object Details

ID: MEC1919
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Token - halfpenny
Display location: Not on display
Creator: C. James
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
Date made: 1794
People: Spence
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm
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