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Description: | Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Dundee halfpenny, 1796. (DH Angus 16). Infirmary founded 1794 Issuer Unknown, 1796, �d. Obverse Front of a large building: �Dundee halfpenny, 1796; Infirmary founded 1794. I.W.I. Design�. Reverse View of a harbour with a three-masted vessel lying next to a wharf. Also on the left, just above the wharf, are two glass works cones emitting smoke: �Mare et commercium colimus� and Arms, Crest, Supporters and Motto (Dei Donum) of Dundee. Notes The infirmary was actually founded in 1793 and opened in 1798. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | tokens | Temporal: | 1796 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Wyon, Allan (artist) | Identifier: | 1977-381/72 | Go to resource |
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