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Gloucestershire 41, Badminton (Dalton & Hamer, page 36)Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Scarce
41. O: A plough.
R: A pair of scales.
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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Keywordssuccess to the cultivation of waste lands,the sale of corn by weight proposed,1796 | |
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