Verenigd Koninkrijk ½ penny 1811 (VINCIT AMOR PATRIAE) 

• 1811 
• Token coins 
• British Copper Company 
• 0,5 penny 

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Tokens / Medals

Verenigd Koninkrijk ½ penny 1811 (VINCIT AMOR PATRIAE)

1811

VINCIT AMOR PATRIA 1811

( seated Britannia holding olive branch & trident, with shield )

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This token was issued by the British Copper Company, a Welsh based company who, in 1808, bought the Walthamstow site beside the River Lea. Walthamstow is now a suburb of north east London. Lucius Junius Brutus, one of the first two consuls of Rome, was said to have killed two of his sons who were plotting to restore the monarchy of the Tarquins. Thus Lucius Junius Brutus became a hero for patriotism and freedom. 'Vincit amor patriæ' is a quotation from Virgil, though what Virgil wrote was vincet, in the future tense (Aeneid 6.823). The context is the visit of Aeneas to the underworld, where he sees a vision of the future of Rome, and the lines describe one of the first pair of consuls, Lucius Junius Brutus, who was said to have killed two of his sons who were plotting to restore the monarchy of the Tarquins. So it appears that Lucius Junius Brutus was chosen for this token as a hero for patriotism and freedom.