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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
1812
Currency
Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Shape
Round
Rarity
Rare
Weight
19 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Material
Copper
Shape
Round
Edge Type
Diagonal milling ////
Technique
Milled
Front design
View of lead works in full production with smoking chimneys and date in exergue. Toothed border
Back design
Legend on four lines in centre and around periphery. Toothed border
Year of Minting
1812
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Inscriptions
Obverse: 1812 Reverse: PAYABLE IN BANK OF ENGD. OR HULL NOTES BY I. K. PICARD · ONE PENNY HULL LEAD WORKS
Context
I.K. Picard, the issuer and owner of the lead works, spent some of his time in London and took to gambling his fortune away, eventually becoming bankrupt in 1827 and dying in reduced circumstances in 1843.
Rarity
Rare
Coin type
Merchant tokens
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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