Description

Halfpenny token for John Morgan & Co. Copper.

Obverse: interior of iron works showing a furnace and men at work casting pigs of iron with the legend: ‘CAERMARTHEN IRON WORKS’ (on perimeter) and ‘HALFPENNY’ (in exergue).

Reverse: interior of a forge showing a tilt hammer and a man working at an anvil with legend: ‘KIDWELLY WHITLAND BLACKPOOL AND CWMDWYFRON FORGES’ (on perimeter) and ‘I · MORGAN’ (in exergue).

Edge: legend: ‘PAYABLE IN LONDON . BRISTOL & CAERMARTHEN . X’

John Morgan was an ironmaster and banker in Caermarthen trading as John Morgan & Co.

This token was collected by Professor Roland Paxton.