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Gloucestershire 51, Badminton (Dalton & Hamer, page 37)Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Scarce
51. O: Pair of scales.
R: Pair of scales, 3 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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Keywordsthe sale of corn by weight proposed,1796,worth of bread,1795,96,good lord deliver us,lb | |
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