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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: Three soldiers in line with rifles and fixed bayonets. Legend: 'WHO KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND KNOWING DARE MAINTAIN'. Exergue: '1795'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1917 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Spence, T. |
| Date made: | 1795 |
| People: | Spence |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm |