1 Penny - Samson Novelty Co.

€1.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1940-1945
TypeAmusement token
CompositionBrass
Weight8.65 g
Diameter30.02 mm
Thickness1.75 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionThis token was in use in the early 1940`s and shows Samson destroying the Temple of Dagon by pushing the pillars apart, an arch behind all within plain circle. Bible : Book of Judges, about 1120 BC - Chapter XVI: 29. And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. 30. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew with his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
Obverse letteringNO VALUE PROPERTY OF MACHINE
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionHas large 1 at centre within a leafy pattern arranged in a diamond.
Reverse letteringLOANED FOR 1 AMUSEMENT ONLY
Reverse scriptLatin
Mint
MintageND (1940-1945)  - Type A -
ND (1940-1945)  - Type B -
ND (1940-1945)  - Type C -
ND (1940-1945)  - Type D -
Catalog ID6163833350
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