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Robert Campin’s Norwich (Norfolk) copper halfpenny token dated 1793. Obverse: A straight stocking, glove and crossed knife and fork with legend: “R. CAMPIN . HABERDASHER . GOAT . LANE . NORWICH”. Reverse: Britannia seated on a box with her right hand resting on a globe, her left elbow leaning on an anchor, a Union Jack shield on her breast and a crowned lion at her feet with legend: “HALFPENNY 1793”. Edge inscription: “CURRENT EVERY WHERE”. Robert Campin was a haberdasher with a business in Goat Lane, Norwich. Good collectable condition, see photograph. D&H Norfolk No: 20. Diameter 28.8mm. VF+. £35.00 e-mail David at enquiries@abccoinsandtokens.com to order. |