A pierced silver penny-halfpenny coin from Queen Victoria's reign, dated 1860. [MJD 03/03/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: A pierced silver penny-halfpenny coin from Queen Victoria's reign, dated 1860. [MJD 03/03/2010]
Long description: Circular silver penny-halfpenny coin from Queen Victoria's reign, dated 1860. The coin has a profile portrait of Queen Victoria. The reverse has a floral wreath and crown with a '1' in the centre. The coin is pierced with a hole. [MJD 03/03/2010]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: European
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Anthony John Arkell; PRM source Anthony John Arkell
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1860
Date collected: By 1971
Acquisition information: Donated: 26/10/1971
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal, Process Struck, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 12 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1971.15.1463
Research and responses: This coin is as likely to have been used in England as in any other part of the British Isles and I have therefore included it in the English ethnography project [AP 25/07/2006]
According to the website Pictures of UK Coins by Tony Clayton "... many of these small coins were holed for use on charm bracelets" [http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/phalf.html accessed 03/03/2010] . [MJD 03/03/2010]