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Old farthing
Amulet in a box, with a typed note: 'Old Farthing carried for Good Luck by private of Surrey Regiment. 1916'. Acquired by the Museum in 1918 from Edward Lovett, a folklorist and collector from Croydon. The farthing has a hole in it and through it is threaded a tabby woven cotton (?) ribbon of red, white and blue. The ribbon is tied in a double knot. The front of the coin has an image of Britannia, facing left, and the back shows a portrait of George III with the letters ‘…EOR…’ still legible as well as the date: 1807.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
18.96.2
Measurements
Length
(cm): 4.7
Width
(cm): 2.1
Height
(cm): 0.6
diameter
(cm): 2.1
thickness
(cm): 0.1
Categories
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