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George Washington (Liberty and Security) "Kempson's Pence"
Designed and engraved by: Thomas Wyon (English, born in 1767)
Early American (1700–1832)
about 1795?
Mint: Kempson & Son's Mint, England
Medium/Technique
Gilt brass?
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 30 mm, 10.39 gm (1 3/16 in., 0.37 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number17.208
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 1254; Baker 30D?
DescriptionObv: Bust of Washington to left, enclosed by GEORGE WASHINGTON, the whole surrounded by plain circular rim
Rev: A heraldic eagle surmounting a spade shaped shield with stars at right and bars to the left, enclosed by LIBERTY AND SECURITY, the whole surrounded by a plain rim of concentric circles
Edge: AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS'D OF ALL NATIONS X : X
Rev: A heraldic eagle surmounting a spade shaped shield with stars at right and bars to the left, enclosed by LIBERTY AND SECURITY, the whole surrounded by a plain rim of concentric circles
Edge: AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS'D OF ALL NATIONS X : X