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1973.11.13

ID Number: 1973.11.13
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: coin
Date: 1797
Materials: metal, copper
Description: copper; obverse: laureate head; Georgiu[s] III D:G. Rex/ Stanfield
reverse: Britannia seated; Britannia/ 1797
surface scratched; hole in obverse
iron or steel pin through rim at top; Name stamped on rim at bottom
History: British Twopence 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

Royalty subject

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