Token
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1793
Materials
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1460311
Summary
A copper Manchester half penny token, dated 1793. Obverse shows a porter carrying a pack or bale of cotton. Reverse bears the shield of arms of the Duke of Bridgewater and legend 'Success to navigation, payable at I. Fielding Manchester, produced for John Fielding, warehouseman of 12 Back Faulkner Street, Manchester'