UK Sheffield Penny Token - Overseers of the Poor 1812 - 1815 

• 1813 
• Token coins 
• The Workhouse 
• 1 penny 

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Tokens / Medals

UK Sheffield Penny Token - Overseers of the Poor 1812 - 1815

1813

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR 18

SHEFFIELD PENNY TOKEN

34.2 mm

Withers # 999

Mass: 19.8 g Thick: 2.56 mm References: - W J Davis, The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage, 126-133. - Withers, P. & Withers, B.R. The Token Book: British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th Centuries and Their Values Workhouse Token: Similar in scope and purpose to the ordinary token, but issued by local overseers of the poor. Birmingham, Bradford, Halesowen, Keighley and Sheffield were among the towns where workhouse tokens were issued. In order to avoid hardship to people who had accepted the tokens, those of Birmingham and Sheffield were granted a six-year extension when other tokens were declared illegal in 1817.