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Fowler's halfpenny token

Fowler's halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Neptune with a trident, head (three-quarter right). Legend: 'HALFPENNY'. Reverse: Four men in a boat, one in the bows harpooning a whale. Legend: 'PAYABLE AT I. FOWLER'S. LONDON'. Exergue: 'WHALE FISHERY 1794'. John Fowler was an oil merchant and tin plate worker at 78 Long Acre, London
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Object Details

ID: MEC1912
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Token - halfpenny
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Peter; Wyon, Thomas
Date made: 1797
People: John Fowler, I
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 28 mm