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Coalbrook Dale halfpenny token
Coalbrook Dale halfpenny token. Obverse: View of a bridge with a vessel sailing under it, inscription above. Legend: 'IRON BRIDGE AT COALBROOK DALE 1792'. Inscription: 'ERECTED ANNO 1779, SPAN 100 FEET'. Reverse: A man working a machine with pullies. Legend: 'INCLINED PLANE AT KETLEY 1789'. On edge: 'PAYABLE AT COALBROOK-DALE AND KETLEY.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1938 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Peter; Wyon, Thomas Kempson, Peter |
| Date made: | 1792 |
| People: | Wyon, Thomas; Wyon, Peter Kempson, Peter |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm |