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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
1813
Currency
Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Shape
Round
Rarity
Rare
Weight
19.8 g
Diameter
34.2 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Material
Copper
Shape
Round
Edge Type
Centre grained //////
Technique
Milled
Front design
Justice standing front, on a pedestal; holding scales in raised left hand, and an olive branch in lowered right hand. Lettering around, beaded border
Back design
View of the Sheffield Workhouse building. Lettering around, date below, beaded border
Year of Minting
1813
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Inscriptions
Obverse: SHEFFIELD PENNY TOKEN Reverse: OVERSEERS OF THE POOR · 1813 ·
Context
References: W J Davis, The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage, 126-133. Workhouse Token: Similar in scope and purpose to the ordinary token, but issued by local overseers of the poor. Birmingham, Bradford, Halesowen, Keighley and Sheffield were among the towns where workhouse tokens were issued. In order to avoid hardship to people who had accepted the tokens, those of Birmingham and Sheffield were granted a six-year extension when other tokens were declared illegal in 1817.
Rarity
Rare
Coin type
Merchant tokens
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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