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Actions	Copper Token (Blunt). 1721 Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.J.13.X.1 TitleCopper Token (Blunt). 1721 DescriptionCopper Token (Blunt). 1721. Such tokens were common in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when there was a scarcity of legal currency in small denominations. They were often used as advertising. Parliament prohibited their production (27 July 1817) from 1 January 1818. This example is the size of a half-penny and is crudely engraved. Obverse: Blunt / Operator of / Teeth and Bleeder / Great Windmill / Street near the / Hay Market / London / 1721 Production date 1721 Production periodEighteenth century, mid Object nameToken (Blunt) Object categoryDental MaterialCopper Dimensions Mount Length: 12.5 cm Width: 11 cm Depth: 4 cm Token Diameter: 2.7 cm

Object numberHC.J.13.X.1

TitleCopper Token (Blunt). 1721

DescriptionCopper Token (Blunt). 1721. Such tokens were common in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when there was a scarcity of legal currency in small denominations. They were often used as advertising. Parliament prohibited their production (27 July 1817) from 1 January 1818. This example is the size of a half-penny and is crudely engraved. Obverse: Blunt / Operator of / Teeth and Bleeder / Great Windmill / Street near the / Hay Market / London / 1721

Production date 1721

Production periodEighteenth century, mid

Object nameToken (Blunt)

Object categoryDental

MaterialCopper

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