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1 Penny - The glow-worm

1 Penny - The glow-worm - obverse1 Penny - The glow-worm - reverse

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Features

Location United Kingdom
Type Reklam madalyonları
Yıl 1860
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1971)
Composition Tunç
Ağırlık 10.54 g
Diameter 31 mm
Kalınlık 1.8 mm
Şekil Yuvarlak
Technique Öğütülmüş
Orientation Para Hizalaması ↑↓
Numara
N#
79843
Referanslar Batty# 4194
David Thornbory Batty. Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles and Colonies. Manchester, United Kingdom (4 volumes).

Obverse

(en) A segmented worm on a bed of grass with rays extending upward. Lettering above and below. Beaded border

Script: Latince

Lettering:
THE GLOW-WORM
* ONE PENNY *

Reverse

(en) Two words of inscription between horizontal, parallel lines in the middle of the field. Beaded border

Script: Latince

Lettering:
GOOD FOR A COPY
OF THE
GLOW-WORM

Edge

SadeAutomatically translated

Comments

(en) London, The Strand, Glow-worm pictorial newspaper promotion penny token, c.1860, glowing worm.
The proprietor was William Wybrow Robertson who was a theatre owner - his newspaper failed but he married an actress etc. Interesting story worthy of more research. Dates from about 1860.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1860) 

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