1809-1810 Mercury HalfPenny - Walthamstow Cie, Essex

Emetteur: British Copper Cie, Walthamstow, Essex - Great Britain
Grade: F15
Weight: 8.8 g. 
Metal: Copper
Value: 1/2 Penny (1/480)
Currency: Currency tokens (1798-1816)
Diameter: 28.9 mm
Years: ca. 1809-1810
Medal alignment ↑↑
Reference: Withers# 630/3

Obverse:
Head of Mercury left, wearing a winged petasus, a caduceus behind the shoulder.

Reverse:
Britannia seated left, holding olive branch and trident, a union shield at her side, BCC on the ground below; all -within an oak-wreath with 17 leaves on the left, 18 on the right: 18 acorns, 9 on each side; the the centre and right prong of the trident touches a leaf. An acorn on a long stalk touches the baseline beneath Britannia's foot.

Edge:
Plain.

Ce jeton a été émis par la British Copper Company, une société basée au Pays de Galles qui, en 1808, a acheté le site de Walthamstow au bord de la rivière Lea. Walthamstow est maintenant une banlieue du nord-est de Londres.

Referencia : Withers# 618

Fuente : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5...

Colección : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens