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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
1794
Currency
Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Shape
Round
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
4.65 g
Diameter
24 mm
Thickness
1.2 mm
Material
Copper
Shape
Round
Edge Type
Plain
Technique
Milled
Front design
Crowned and bearded bust to left, with bow across chest and quiver of arrows behind. Lettering around, long toothed border
Back design
Bladud wearing his crown, standing facing right, holding his bow with shield set on ground, driving two swine/pigs/hogs at feet to right. Date squeezed in small exergue. Lettering around, long toothed border
Year of Minting
1794
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Inscriptions
Obverse: BLADUD FOUNDED BATH Reverse: THROUGH HIS SWINE 1794
Context
This was issued by F. Heath who was an ironmonger, brazier and cutler with a business in Bath. Bladud was the eighth King of the Britons who is thought to have founded the baths in 863 B.C. Bladud was a mythological prince who had leprosy. He was driven from the royal court on account of his illness. Wandering around England, he eventually became a herder of pigs, until they too contracted leprosy. Eventually, Bladud stumbled across a hot spring, bathed in it and was cured of his illness. He built the city of Bath upon becoming its king.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Merchant tokens
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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