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Description: | Copper alloy halfpenny trade token of John Voss, Draper from Swansea, dated to 1796 on the obverse. The obverse depicts Swansea castle with its tower, weather-vane and dressed-stone arcaded parapet, with the inscription SWANSEA HALFPENNY above. The reverse has a key with a bow chatelaine with the inscription JOHN VOSS DRAPER & Co.Tokens were issued because of a shortage of official small change and they appeared in the wage packets of the employees of the relevant firms and were widely circulated in restricted areas.
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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