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Brimscombe halfpenny token commemorating the Thames and Severn Canal
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.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1740 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hancock, J.G. |
| Date made: | 1795 |
| People: | Hancock, J.G. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 28 mm |