Provincial Tokens
Devonshire Plymouth DH 6
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - DEVONSHIRE |
| Item Description: |
1/2P 1796 G.BRIT D&h-6 DEVONSHIRE - PLYMOUTH E: PAYABLE AT SHEPHEARD Devonshire DH 6 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 65 BN |
| Owner: |
farthing |
Owner Comments:
Devonshire Plymouth DH #6
Obverse: A woman sitting on a stool spinning at a wheel SAIL CANVAS MANUFACTORY Ex:1796
Reverse: A man sitting at a loom weaving PLYMOUTH above and HALFPENNY below.
Edge: PAYABLE AT SHEPHEARD DOVE HAMMETT & CO . X X .
Diesinker: Arnold
Manufacturer: William Lutwyche
Issuer: Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co.
Weight: 9.23g
Rarity: Common
Benjamin Shepheard was a mercer/lined draper, William Dove was a tanner and Miles Hammett a hemp and flax manufacturer. The company was formed by 8 local businessmen to provide work for indigent people as well as a source of cloth material for clothing poor children.
Atkins: Devonshire 6
Bt: Jerry Bobbe