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Monck, John Berkeley: Marke

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Events

Created

Who	Edward Thomason (1769-1849)
When	1811
Where	England

Commissioned

Who	John Berkeley Monck (1769-1834)

Owned

Who	Helmut Lewandowski

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603)

Description

Front: Vier weibliche Büsten von vorne. In deren Mitte die größere Büste der Elizabeth I., ebenfalls nach vorne, zwischen E - R.
Rear: Aufschrift in sieben Zeilen umgeben von der Umschrift. Um die Ziffern je zwei Palmwedel.

Inscription

Vorderseite: LABIMUR IN PEJUS DONEC MELIORA REVERTANT - 1811
Rückseite: PAYABLE IN BANK NOTES BY I. B. MONCK ESQRE. READING -/ 18 / PENCE / TOKEN / SPAN: DOLL. / SILVER / DWTS / 4 (das SQ kleiner, das RE hochgestellt über Punkt, Angabe pennyweight)
Rand: Kerbrand

Material/Technique

Silver; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 6.21 g

Literature

A. W. Waters, Notes on the Silver Tokens of the Nineteenth Century (1957) 1 unter Reading.
P. und B. R. Withers, The Token Book. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and their values (2010) 389 Nr. 4-7.
R. Dalton, The Silver Token-Coinage mainly issued between 1811 and 1812 (1922) 1 Nr. 7.
W. J. Davis, The Nineteenth Century Token coinage of Great Britain Ireland the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to which are added Tokens over one Penny value of any period (1904/Nachdruck 1969) 29 Nr. 6.