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Spence's halfpenny token

Spence's halfpenny token. Obverse: Full-length figure of a sailor (right) brandishing a cudgel, seizing a landsman. Legend: 'BRITISH . LIBERTY . DISPLAYED .' Exergue: '1795'. Reverse: Britannia seated, a shield at her side, a spear in her left hand from which the cap of liberty is falling. Legend: 'ROUSE BRITANNIA!' Inscribed on edge: 'PAYABLE IN LONDON'.
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Object Details

ID: MEC1916
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Token - halfpenny
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Spence, T.
Date made: 1795
People: Spence; Spence, T.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm