ECL.50-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.50-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Lutwyche's anti-slavery half-penny token
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
This was one of the many privately-issued tokens that were used as a subtitute for official coinage due to the shortage of small denomination coins in the second half of the 18th century.
Other number
2025/14
Description
Content (description)
Copper token reverse with clasped hands and border legend 'May slavery & oppression cease throughout the world', obverse with kneeling enslaved African, and border legend 'Am I not a man and a brother', edge stamped ' Payable in Dublin or London'.
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 27mm
Material
metal
Production
Person
Lutwyche, William, 1754 - 1801 (Maker)
Date
1795?
Note
Manufactured by William Lutwyche in Soho Mint, Birmingham around 1795?
History and association
Previous ownership
