William Hallan Halfpenny Token
Date1793
MediumCopper
DimensionsDiamater: 30 mm
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Lasser Numismatics Fund
Object number2018-162
DescriptionObverse: Male bust facing left, wearing a coat and with queued hair, surrounded by WILLIAM HALLAN BIRMINGHAM. Floral sprig to both ends of legend, with date 1793 below bust.Reverse: A ceramic teapot in the center surrounded by a cream jug, wine glass, cup and saucer, and glass decanter, all surrounded by DEALER . IN . GLASS . AND . STAFFORDSHIRE . WARE.
Edge: Milled, with diagonal reeding.
1870 (struck ca.1884)
c.1801-09
William Joseph Aldridge
1810