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Counter commemorating the Chinese Junk 'Keying'
Counter commemorating the Chinese Junk 'Keying'. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of the junk with sails on fore and main masts. Legend: 'PURCHASED IN AUGUST 1846.' Exergue: 'CHINESE JUNK.' Reverse: Inscription and legend: 'CHINESE JUNK 300 TONS BURTHEN 160 FEET LONG 33 FEET IN BREADTH 16FT. DEPTH OF HOLD PURCHASED BY SOME ENGLISH GENTLEMEN IN 1846.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1500 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Counter |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Keying fl.1846 (Chinese junk) |
| Date made: | 1848 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 24 mm |
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