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Monck, John Berkeley: Marke

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Events

Created

Who	Edward Thomason (1769-1849)
When	1812
Where	England

Commissioned

Who	John Berkeley Monck (1769-1834)

Owned

Who	Helmut Lewandowski

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Alfred the Great (848-899)

Description

Front: Brustbild des Alfred von Wessex im Harnisch mit Krone nach links. Über der linken Schulter das Lilienzepter. Darunter ALFRED.
Rear: Wert- und Gewichtsangabe in sieben Zeilen umgeben von der Umschrift.

Inscription

Vorderseite: PIGNORA CERTA PETIS DO PIGNORA CERTA - 1812 (Du verlangst sichere Bürgschaften, ich gebe dir sichere Bürgschaften)
Rückseite: PAYABLE IN BK. NOTES AT 6 S. THE DWT. BY I. B. MONCK ESQRE. -/ 40 / SHILLINGS / BERKS TOKEN / STANDD. GOLD / DWTS. GR. / 6 18 / READING (6 pennyweights 18 grains, Buchstaben teilweise hochgestellt)

Material/Technique

Gold; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 10.39 g

Literature

A. W. Waters, Notes on the Silver Tokens of the Nineteenth Century (1957) 1 Reading.
P. und B. R. Withers, The Token Book. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and their values (2010) 389 Nr. 1.
R. Dalton, The Silver Token-Coinage mainly issued between 1811 and 1812 (1922) 1 Nr. 1.
W. J. Davis, The Nineteenth Century Token coinage of Great Britain Ireland the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to which are added Tokens over one Penny value of any period (1904/Nachdruck 1969) 29 Nr. 1.