William Hallan Halfpenny Token
Date1793
MediumCopper
DimensionsDiamater: 30 mm
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Lasser Numismatics Fund
Object number2018-162
DescriptionObverse: Male bust facing left, wearing a coat and with queued hair, surrounded by WILLIAM HALLAN BIRMINGHAM. Floral sprig to both ends of legend, with date 1793 below bust.Reverse: Various tea wares surrounded by DEALER . IN . GLASS . AND . STAFFORDSHIRE . WARE.
Edge: Milled, with diagonal reeding.
ca. 1790
ca. 1780
ca. 1780
1775-1785
c.1801-09
1870 (struck ca.1884)
1795 (dated)
1785-1806
