LON-7A34C2: A Post Medieval counter stamped half penny of George II dating from AD 1752. The coin has been counter struck on the reverse with SPENCE'S PLAN & LIBERTY.

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Unique ID: LON-7A34C2

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A Post Medieval counter stamped half penny of George II dating from AD 1752. The coin has been counter struck on the reverse with SPENCE'S PLAN & LIBERTY.

Obverse: GEORGIVS/II REX; Left facing laureate bust

Reverse: BRITAN/NIA//1752; Britannia seated facing left, date in exergue.

Dimensions: diameter: 27.40mm; weight: 4.88g

Reference: Judd A. Condor Society Journal

Notes:

Judd A. writes "One of the areas of his token production that does not gain much attention is his remarkable series of countermarks, covered by Robert Thompson in his excellent and imaginative British Numismatic Journal article in 1969¹. Thompson lists twenty seven punches, and though he illustrates Spence’s token dies he does not illustrate examples of the countermarks. The punches were combined in various ways to produce political slogans. I have some 100 Spence countermarks in my collection, about 80% acquired as a single group a couple of years ago from John Whitmore. My initial research into that group suggested they form part of the extensive collection of such pieces listed by Batty.

The countermarked pieces are rare. I have an interesting example struck on Dalton & Hamer Middlesex 676, the only piece I have struck on a token, and struck on a Thomas Spence token to boot! I have one on an evasion (L. GORDIUS REYS, DELECT TATRUS, 1781, Atkins 333, Cobwright G.1040/D.0090, stamped PAROCHIAL across the bust and LIBERTY across the harp); I have a particularly nice example, courtesy of Emyr George, on a 1797 ‘Cartwheel’ penny (obverse struck NO, LANDLORDS, YOU FOOLS, SPENCE’S PLAN, FOR EVER); ten on blanks and the rest mainly on counterfeit halfpennies of George III. I have split this article into two sections and in the first I will simply illustrate 25/27 punches."

Inscription: SPENCE'S PLAN & LIBERTY

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1752
Date to: Circa AD 1752

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.88 g
Diameter: 27.4 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: George II of Great Britain
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Halfpenny: George II (S 3717 - 3719)
Obverse description: Left facing laureate bust
Obverse inscription: GEORGIVS/II REX
Reverse description: Britannia seated facing left, date in exergue.
Reverse inscription: BRITAN/NIA//1752
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

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Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Rotherhithe (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3579
Four figure Latitude: 51.49383345
Four figure longitude: -0.05674007
1:25K map: TQ3579
1:10K map: TQ37NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Mudlarking
General landuse: Open fresh water
Specific landuse: Running water

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Created: 4 years ago
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