Description

Coalbrookdale copper halfpenny token illustrating the Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale and the inclined plane at Ketley.

Obverse: view of bridge with ship sailing under with legend above on three lines: ‘ERECTED / ANNO 1779 / SPAN 100 FEET’. Legend round perimeter ‘IRON BRIDGE AT COALBROOK DALE 1792’.

Reverse: man working a machine with pullies with legend ‘INCLINED PLANE AT KETLEY’ and ‘1789’. On edge is the legend: ‘PAYABLE AT COALBROOK-DALE AND KETLEY’.

Edge: legend: ‘PAYABLE AT COALBROOK-DALE AND KETLEY.’

This token was collected by Professor Roland Paxton.