Sheffield Workhouse Token, 1815
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Sheffield Workhouse Token, 1815
A one penny workhouse token of the Sheffield Workhouse, Yorkshire, from 1815. During a national shortage of copper coins in 1812-15, several workhouse authorities minted their own coins in order to allow local trade and poor relief to continue normally
Media ID 4464391
© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
1812 1815 Coin Coins Copper Currency Exchange Finance Financial Institution Institutional L Aw Legislation Minted Money Overseer Pauper Paupers Penny Poor Poverty Sheffield Shortage Token Workhouse Workhouses
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