Fowler, John, (active 1794), John Fowler halfpenny token, 1794
- Title(s):
- John Fowler halfpenny token.
- Additional Title(s):
Payable at I. Fowler's London
Payable at J. Fowler's London- Published/Created:
- London?, 1794.
- Physical Description:
- 1 token : copper ; 28 mm in diameter
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFlat D 8cYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13867927
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Obverse: Head of Neptune, with trident. Lettering: HALFPENNY.
Reverse: Whale fishing scene. Lettering: PAYABLE AT I. FOWLER'S LONDON. WHALE FISHERY. 1794
Edge: plain.
Conder, J. Arrangement of provincial coins, tokens, and medalets issued in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies, within the last twenty years, Middlesex 87
Dalton, R. Provincial token-coinage of the 18th century, Middlesex 306
Atkins, J. Tradesmen's tokens of the eighteenth century, Middlesex 221
A Conder token, or privately minted coin, probably issued by John Fowler, oil merchant and tin plate worker at 78 Long Acre, London. - Subject Terms:
- Fowler, John, (active 1794)Oil industries -- Great Britain.Whale oil -- Great Britain.Whaling -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Halfpennies.
Tokens.
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