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1/2 Penny Suffolk - Bungay / Justice
| Issuer | S. Prentice, S. Delf, M. Abel (Bungay, Suffolk) |
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| Year | 1795 |
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| Weight | 9 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts an open scroll or promissory document surmounted by a perched bird, rendered in relief against a plain field. The scroll bears a multi-line inscription serving as the token's promise-to-pay legend. The place name BUNGAY arcs along the upper periphery within a milled border, while the date 1795 appears in the lower exergue. The overall composition is emblematic of the late 18th-century British trade token tradition, combining commercial text with a symbolic vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | BUNGAY We promise to pay the Bearer on DEMAND one HALFPENNY 1795 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a standing allegorical figure of Justice, robed and posed upon a square pedestal, holding a raised sword in her right hand and a balanced scale in her left. To the left of the figure, a laurel branch frames the composition, while stylised foliate or wave ornaments appear to the lower right. The circular legend FOR THE USE OF TRADE. runs along the upper periphery within a continuous milled border. The design is executed in a clean neoclassical style characteristic of Conder token engraving of the 1790s. |
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