Halfpenny of Lackington Allen & Co. [realia] : cheapest booksellers in the world.

Creator:: Lackington, Allen and Co. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96046679
Copyright Date:: 1794.
[1794]
Physical Description:: 1 token : metal alloy ; 28 mm diameter
Notes:: Obverse side with a portrait of Lackington and the text: J. Lackington 1794.
Title from text on reverse side of item, which surrounds image of an angel blowing a trumpet.
Abstract:: "A trade token issued by the famed bookseller James Lackington (1746-1815), the same year he opened the Temple of the Muses, 'one of the wonders of London' (Oxford DNB); with reputedly a million books on display, it was at the time the biggest bookshop in the world. Tokens such as these were issued in many places in England in the late eighteenth century, when the government failed to mint enough copper coinage for the conduct of business. According to Oxford DNB, Lackington issued thousands of such tokens, which were only valid at his shop. All were struck by Lutwyche of Birmingham."--British Museum online catalogue
Topics:: Angels.
Bookstores--England--London.
Trumpets.
Topics:: Lackington, Allen and Co.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96046679
Lackington, James,--1746-1815,--depicted.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50041324
Language:: English
Genre:: Portraits.
Tokens.
Format:: Physical Object
Content Type:: Currency, Coins & Medals
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Call Number:: LWL Min. 147 Shelved in Object Room in Box 4
Orbis Record:: 14618262
Yale Collection:: Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:: Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:: lwlpr38034(parent)
oid pointer:: 16854877
OID:: 16854876
PID:: digcoll:4835556