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Halfpenny token commemorating Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833)
Halfpenny token commemorating Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Pellew in a tie-wig and uniform (left). Legend: 'GLORIOVS PELLEW.' Reverse: A female figure seated holding a cogged wheel in her left hand and a mining drill in her right. Legend: 'HALFPENNY.' Exergue: '1796'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1962 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Token - halfpenny |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | 1796 |
| People: | Pellew, Edward; Pellew, Edward |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 26 mm |