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Undated: Birmingham Bill

Object number: 2008.0039.0261

Undated: Birmingham Bill

Object number: 2008.0039.0261

The character and engraving of this coin suggest a link with the 1844 token for William Holmes, alias Dublin Bill.

Diameter: 29mm, thickness: 1mm

Front:

Token made from the reverse of a halfpenny. At top and bottom, left and right, a decoration in the shape of a deep ‘v’ has been scored into the border of the coin. Around the figure of Britannia runs the stippled cursive text (from bottom left):

Forget .. mee .. Not
M[y]

The shield has been engraved with stippling, and there are some indistinct letters at the base.

Back:

Token made from the head of an 1806 halfpenny with a decorative engraved border. The King’s head has been re-engraved as a caricature of a man in chains. Around the head, in stippled cursive text with some decorative flourishes, runs the name:

Birmingham Bill

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