- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Copper coin or token one side showing a monument, the reverse showing Lady Godiva on horseback. [LKG 17/05/2010]
- Geographical reference
- England Warwickshire Coventry
- Cultural groups
- English
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1946
- Date collected
- By 1946
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1946
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Metal, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Diameter 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1946.8.46
- Research and responses
http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1885N1526.242: In the late 18th century the Royal Mint did not make enough low value coins to satisfy the growing demand for small change. As a result, many towns and cities started producing their own token money. [Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery have at least one, see 1885N1526.242 - This halfpenny token was issued at Coventry in Warwickshire. It depicts the famous story of Lady Godiva, who supposedly rode naked through the streets to win a reduction in the city’s taxes from her husband, Earl Leofric. The reverse shows that the die cutter had clearly never seen a real elephant!] [AP 26/09/2006]
1946.8.46
Copper coin or token one side showing a monument, the reverse showing Lady Godiva on horseback. [LKG 17/05/2010]
1946.8.46
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