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An image showing 'Shilling token commemorating the Battle of the Nile, 1798'
An image showing 'Shilling token commemorating the Battle of the Nile, 1798'
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Shilling token commemorating the Battle of the Nile, 1798

Shilling token commemorating the Battle of the Nile, 1798. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a tie-wig and uniform (left). Legend: 'ADML. LD. NELSON.' Below: 'VICTORY AT THE NILE AUGUST . I . 1798.' Reverse: Above, in Hebrew, Jehovah, shedding rays on the royal crown. Legend: 'FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING'. Below: 'REWARD OF MERIT.'
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Object details

ID: MEC1964
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Token - shilling
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: 1798
People: Nelson, Horatio; Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 28 mm