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Description: | Brimscombe halfpenny token commemorating the Thames and Severn Canal. Obverse: Starboard bow view of a barge under sail. Legend: 'THAMES AND SEVERN CANAL'. Exergue: 'MDCCXCV'. Reverse: View of the entrance to tunnel over the canal. Inscription on edge: 'PAYABLE AT BRIMSCOMBE PORT'. Token currency issued by the Thames and Severn Canal Co. to pay the wages of its work force. The vessel on the obverse is a Severn trow; the entrance to the Sapperton tunnel is shown on the reverse.
caption: Brimscombe halfpenny token commemorating the Thames and Severn Canal | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Hancock J.G. monetary tokens The Thames and Severn Canal | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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