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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
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