1973.11.10

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Details

ID Number

1973.11.10

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

exchange medium

Item Name

coin

Materials

metal, copper

Description

copper; milled edge
obverse: laureate head
reverse: Britannia seated
both surfaces cross-hatched
all wording is missing

History

Identified as George III by profile on reverse. This item and others from Windsor Public Library (WPL) were found when the library relocated from Carnegie hall to its new Main library on Ouellette in 1973. Probably had been accumulated by the Essex Historical Society.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

British / Britannique subject

Carnegie Library place

King George III / Roi George III person

Money / Argent subject

Royalty subject

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