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1 Penny Worcestershire - Worcester / J. Knapp Jnr
| Issuer | John Knapp Junior, Worcester |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John Knapp Junior operated as a whitesmith and ironmonger in Worcester, issuing this token during the acute small-change famine that followed the Napoleonic Wars — a period when the Royal Mint had effectively abandoned copper coinage, leaving provincial tradesmen to fill the gap at their own expense. Worcester produced a modest number of merchant token issues relative to its size, making any piece from this city worth noting on geographic grounds alone.
The Withers and Davis references place this firmly within the documented corpus of 19th-century British provincial tokens. Davis 33 is the standard citation for Knapp's penny issue.