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Name or Denominations
1 Farthing (1⁄960)
Issuer
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
1801
Currency
Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Shape
Round
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
NA
Diameter
22 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Copper
Shape
Round
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Milled
Front design
Lion resting right, fondling a dog. Legend above, toothed border
Back design
Beaver standing right, date in exergue. Legend above, toothed border
Year of Minting
1801
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
NA
Inscriptions
Obverse: EXETER CHANGE LONDON PIDCOCK Reverse: THE BEAVER 1801
Context
J. Pidcock was the proprietor of the Exeter 'Change Menagerie and importer of foreign animals. The business later passed to Gilbert Pidcock and the tickets issued by both men were trade tickets advertising the menagerie and passed for small change in circulation. The lion should really be a lioness. Pidcock's lioness lost her cub and was given a puppy to rear and suckle in place of her own offspring.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Merchant tokens
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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