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Description: | Copper alloy transport token with five roundels counterstamped on the reverse of a halfpenny of George III (1760-1820), dated to 1799 on the reverse. "Counterstamping of bronze coinage was outlawed by the 1853 Coinage Act following the industrial scale of Edward Lloyd's newspaper advertisements in the late 1840s" (Edward Besly pers comm). So the coin would have been used before this time, c.1799-1853.The five roundels suggest that the token might have been used as a gaming piece, but as it was found with another George III penny (CORN-5055E0) counterstamped with the words 'TO DOWNDERY', then it could also have been used as a transport token.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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