Countermarked Cartwheel Penny (reverse)

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Date:1812

Description:This cartwheel penny was minted in 1797 at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint. In 1812 it was countermarked to convert it into a workman's pass for the naval dockyards at Chatham in Kent.

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Coins and Minting Boulton, Matthew 1801 - 1836 (Late Georgian period & the Industrial Revolution) 1766 - 1800 (Mid-Georgian period & the Industrial Revolution

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Donor ref:Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 1980 N18 (16/5153)

Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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