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Spence's halfpenny token
Spence's halfpenny token. Obverse: Spence's halfpenny. Full-length figure of a sailor in a hat, smoking a pipe, holding out a bowl in his left hand. Legend: 'A TRUE HEARTED SAILOR.' Reverse: A foul anchor. Legend: 'IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE'. Below: '1794'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1919 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | C. James |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794 |
| Date made: | 1794 |
| People: | Spence |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm |