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Portsea promissory halfpenny token
Portsea promissory halfpenny token. Obverse: St George, mounted, spearing the dragon. Legend: 'PROMISSORY HALFPENNY'. Exergue: '1796'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a full-rigged ship under sail, a large fish below. Inscription on edge: 'PAYABLE AT S SALMONS, J COURTNEY & E FROST, PORTSEA'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1840 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Willets, T. |
| Date made: | 1796 |
| People: | Willets, T. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm |