Gloucestershire 48, Badminton (Dalton & Hamer, page 36)Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Scarce. O: A wheatsheaf. R: A pair of scales, 6 1/2 lb. E: BADMINTON TOKEN . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . The Badminton series are not currency tokens, but were struck to perpetuate the memory of the Duke of Beaufort, and to illustrate incidents connected with a period of scarcity of corn, and all are rather scarce. | |
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