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1 Farthing Middlesex - Social Series / Newton

发行方 United Kingdom
年份 1793
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重量 3.93 g
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正面描述 Draped bust of Sir Isaac Newton facing left, rendered with curly hair in a classical portrait style. The legend NEWTON appears above the effigy in raised Latin lettering, with no border around the design. The portrait is executed in a refined neoclassical manner characteristic of late 18th-century token engraving.
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正面铭文 Ic NEWTON
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This piece belongs to the explosion of privately issued token coinage that flooded Britain in the 1780s and 1790s, driven by a chronic shortage of regal small change — the Royal Mint had struck virtually no copper coinage since 1775. Merchants, industrialists, and political societies filled the void themselves, contracting with commercial diesinkers to produce millions of tokens. The "Social Series" name reflects a loose grouping by later collectors rather than any organized issuing body; these were struck speculatively for sale to collectors even at the time of issue, making pristine survivors far more common than genuine circulation wear would suggest.

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