Provincial Tokens
Somersetshire Bridgewater DH 86
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - SOMERSETSHIRE |
| Item Description: |
1/2P 1794 G.BRIT D&h-86 SOMERSETSHIRE-BRIDGEWATER E: ON DEMAND WE PROMISE Somersetshire DH 86 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 66 RB |
| Owner: |
farthing |
Set Details
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Owner Comments:
Somersetshire Bridgewater DH #86
Obverse: The front view of a shop with two residential floors above POST OFFICE split on either side and 1794 beneath HOLLOWAY AND SON DRAPERS &c
Reverse: Armorial Bearings of the Borough of Bridgewater (a castle triple-towered, at its base a bridge over water) B. WATER HALFPENNY. FOR CHANGE NOT FRAUD
Edge: ON DEMAND WE PROMISE TO PAY + + +
Diesinker: Thomas Wyon
Manufacturer: Peter Kempson
Issuer: James Holloway and Son
Weight: 10.72g
Rarity: Common
James Holloway (d. 1810) and Son Benjamin Holloway (1772-1836), tailors and drapers, James served as postmaster and was the proprietor of the Bridgewater Post Office.
Atkins: Somersetshire 74
Bt. Jerry Bobbe