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Columbia Farthing, with fasces

Location United Kingdom
Year 1820-1830
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Technique Milled
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Obverse description Laureate bust facing right in the central field, with the legend COLUMBIA arching above. Below the bust, a fasces device with horizontal raised lines and decorative X-shaped bindings at each end serves as a base element. Beaded border surrounds the design.
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Reverse description Seated female figure, identified as Britannia or Justice, facing right with a helmet, holding scales extended in her right hand and a long sceptre or spear in her left. A wheel bearing a Union Jack device appears to her left at ground level, with the figure seated amid ground foliage. The reverse is anepigraphic with a beaded border.
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