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Token - 1/2 Penny Warwickshire - Birmingham
| Issuer | Bisset's Museum |
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| Year | 1796 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts an ornate neoclassical architectural structure resembling a triumphal arch or museum facade, featuring a prominent domed globe surmounted by a clock tower with finial, flanked by paired columns and decorative urns on either side. The structure rests upon a tiered stepped plinth, with the word NEW ST inscribed in the lower exergue area. The surrounding border carries the circular legend BISSET'S MUSEUM & FANCY FURNITURE MANUFACTORY, with a beaded inner border separating the legend from the central field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a symmetrical arrangement of decorative objects associated with Bisset's alabaster and petrifaction warehouse, comprising two tall obelisks on pedestals flanking a large neoclassical urn surmounted by a figural finial, with smaller subsidiary urns and vases arranged on low plinths at either side, all set upon a multi-tiered decorative shelf or ledge. The word BIRMINGHAM appears in the lower central exergue. The surrounding circular legend reads ALABASTER SPAR & PETRIFACTION WAREHOUSE, enclosed within a beaded border. |
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