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Pressed Penny - Edinburgh Castle One-o-clock Gun
| Location | Scotland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Type | Souvenir medallion |
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| Obverse description | Oval pressed penny with a beaded border encircling the entire field. At centre, a relief depiction of the One O'Clock Gun, a wheeled artillery piece, is shown in profile. The legend arcs along the upper border and curves along the lower border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the flattened and elongated remnants of the original host coin's design, showing a faint crowned figure or heraldic device in the centre and partial lettering around the periphery, consistent with a British penny used as the blank for the pressing. |
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