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© ZacUK
1 Penny Birmingham - Wallis and Badger
1811 year| Copper | 18.6 g | 34 mm |
| Issuer | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
|---|---|
| Type | Token |
| Year | 1811 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Currency tokens (1798-1816) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 18.6 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 1817 |
| Updated | 2024-10-09 |
| Numista | N#109041 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 91% |
Reverse
Justice standing facing, scales held in raised left hand and sword in lowered right hand, between a bale and a cask on which is RESPON SIBILITY with lettering around. Date and lettering in exergue. The outermost pattern is a full ring of angular geometric spirals.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DUDLEY & BIRMINGHAM TOKEN
1811 ONE PENNY
RESPONSIBILITY
Edge
Central diagonal milling \ \ \ \
Comment
Wallis & Badger's Birmingham & Dudley (Worcestershire) copper penny token dated 1811.Alternative catalogue: Davis Worcestershire No: 3.
Richard Wallis was a merchant with a business at 66 Great Charles Street, Birmingham. Thomas and Isaac Badger had many businesses. As well as nail manufacturers, they had blast furnaces and glass works, all in Dudley.
There Tokens were in circulation during the Industrial Revolution in England of the 18th / 19th Century and were worth their weight in copper. The Napoleonic Wars led to a shortage of regal coinage in the early 19th Century. From 1811 many businesses and companies produced their own token copper and silver coinage of which this is an example.
Note: There is another version with incorrect spelling T & J. BADGER thereon.
Interesting fact
The Token 1 Penny (Birmingham - Wallis and Badger) 1811 is a rare and valuable coin, with only a few known examples surviving to this day. It is considered a prized collector's item among numismatists and collectors of British coins.
