Axiell Internet Server 6 | Details | Copper token (Burchell)

Sidebar content	Main content
Actions	Copper token (Burchell) Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.J.13.X.7 TitleCopper token (Burchell) DescriptionCopper Token (Burchell). Late eighteenth-century or early nineteenth century. 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 specimen is the size of a half-penny and has a hole for suspension from an adonyne necklace, which was not sold without a token or medal attached. Production periodEighteenth century, late Object nameToken (Burchell) Object categoryDental MaterialCopper Dimensions Length: 11 cm Width: 8 cm Depth: 3 cm

Object numberHC.J.13.X.7

TitleCopper token (Burchell)

DescriptionCopper Token (Burchell). Late eighteenth-century or early nineteenth century. 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 specimen is the size of a half-penny and has a hole for suspension from an adonyne necklace, which was not sold without a token or medal attached.

Production periodEighteenth century, late

Object nameToken (Burchell)

Object categoryDental

MaterialCopper

Dimensions

Item request date
Expected return date
Destination