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Gloucestershire 50, Badminton (Dalton & Hamer, page 37)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Scarce
50. O: Pair of scales.
R: TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS DUKE OF BEAUFORT THE FRIEND OF MANKIND & HIS WORTHY
TENANTS WHO REDUCED THE PRICE OF THEIR WHEAT TO 9s PR. BUSHEL A.D. 1795.
In ten lines between sprigs of laurel and oak.
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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Keywordsthe sale of corn by weight proposed,1796,to the illustrious duke of beaufort,the friend of mankind,his worthy tenants who reduced the price of their wheat to 9s,pr,bushel,1795 |
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