Enlarge image
Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4784883
Area
Coins
Title
Gibraltar 1 quarto 1810 (type 1)
Country
Face value
Year
1810
Variety / overstrike
type 1
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
3.4
Diameter
20
Thickness
1.5
Punch
Shape
Obverse
VALUE ONE QUARTO 1810
Reverse
PAYABLE AT ROBERT KEELING & SON'S • GIBRALTAR •
Edge
Plain
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM# Tn3.1
Catalogue number
Pridmore# 21
Details
These are copper trade tokens, not coins, issued by Robert Keeling, a Gibraltar merchant, to alleviate the shortage of small denomination currency for the local British garrison.
There are 2 variants:
KM# Tn3.1 > type 1
KM# Tn3.2 > type 2