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Lancashire halfpenny token
Lancashire halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Daniel Eccleston (left). Legend: 'DANIEL ECCLESTON. LANCASTER.' Reverse: Port broadside view of a full-rigged ship, a plough in the foreground. Legend: 'THE LANCASHIRE . HALFPENNY 1794'. Exergue: 'AGRICULT. MANUFACT. & COMMERCE'. Inscribed on edge: 'PAYABLE . IN . LANCASTER LIVERPOOL . & MANCHESTER.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1892 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ponthon |
| Date made: | 1794 |
| People: | Eccleston, Daniel; Eccleston, Daniel Ponthon |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 29 mm |