Basingstoke shilling token

Basingstoke shilling token. Obverse: A barge under sail. Legend: 'BASINGSTOKE CANAL'. Exergue: '1789'. Reverse: A wheelbarrow with tools. Legend: 'IOHN PINKERTON'. Inscribed below: 'VALUE ONE SHILLING'.

Object Details

ID: MEC1744
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Token - shilling
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Peter; Wyon, Thomas
Date made: 1789
People: Wyon, Thomas; Wyon, Peter
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm