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Country: Ironbridge Gorge Museum, United Kingdom
King: Elizabeth II
Type: Token
Years: 1987 H (Heaton Mint)
Value: 1 Farthing = 1/48 Shilling (1/960)
Currency: Local Tokens
Grade: XF
Composition: Bronze
Weight: 4.1 g
Diameter: 21.1 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: KM. X# 301
Obverse:
Seated figure of Britannia with trident and shield dividing denomination, date in exergue.
Lettering:
FARTHING
H
1987
Reverse:
Lettering:
IRONBRIDGE GORGE
MUSEUM TOKEN
Edge:
Smooth
Comments:
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is an industrial heritage organisation which runs ten museums and manages 35 historic sites within the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Wikipedia
These tokens have been based upon the old UK coinage and can be used to purchase items in the museum shops to give the person and experience of living in the Victorian era.
These tokens come in two types. The first ones have a H mint mark for Heaton Mint in Birmingham, England. The Heaton tokens have a filled in raised Britannia (more like the genuine coinage of the the period) unlike the flat outline Britannia (as pictured above) which has no mint mark.
These tokens are available from the Victorian Lloyd's Bank on site in exchange for current British sterling (GBP).
10 pence (0.10) GBP = 1 Farthing Token
Reference : KM. X# 301
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1...
Collection : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens