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Token 2018-162
William Hallan Halfpenny Token
Token 2018-162

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.