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Name or Denominations
1 Penny (1⁄240)
Issuer
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
1811
Currency
Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Shape
Round
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
18.6 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Material
Copper
Shape
Round
Edge Type
Central diagonal milling \ \ \ \
Technique
Milled
Front design
Legend on five lines in centre and around periphery. At the base there are four flowers flanked by two dots, and the outermost pattern is a full ring of angular geometric spirals.
Back design
Justice standing facing, scales held in raised left hand and sword in lowered right hand, between a bale and a cask on which is RESPON SIBILITY with lettering around. Date and lettering in exergue. The outermost pattern is a full ring of angular geometric spirals.
Year of Minting
1811
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Inscriptions
Obverse: RICHARD WALLIS BIRMINGHAM T & I. BADGER DUDLEY · A POUND NOTE FOR 240 TOKENS · **** Reverse: DUDLEY & BIRMINGHAM TOKEN 1811 ONE PENNY RESPONSIBILITY
Context
Wallis & Badger's Birmingham & Dudley (Worcestershire) copper penny token dated 1811. Alternative catalogue: Davis Worcestershire No: 3. Richard Wallis was a merchant with a business at 66 Great Charles Street, Birmingham. Thomas and Isaac Badger had many businesses. As well as nail manufacturers, they had blast furnaces and glass works, all in Dudley. There Tokens were in circulation during the Industrial Revolution in England of the 18th / 19th Century and were worth their weight in copper. The Napoleonic Wars led to a shortage of regal coinage in the early 19th Century. From 1811 many businesses and companies produced their own token copper and silver coinage of which this is an example. Note: There is another version with incorrect spelling T & J . BADGER thereon.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Merchant tokens
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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