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Description: | A copper alloy Kershaw's Rochdale Conder halfpenny token dated 1792. Obverse: The Arms of the Clothworkers' Company with a ram crest: "ROCHDALE HALFPENNY 1792". Reverse: View of seated weaver working in his loom. Edge inscription: "PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF IOHN KERSHAW".John Kershaw appears to have been a mercer and draper with a business in Rochdale, and is also thought to have been concerned with a woollen factory in the town.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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