{"product_id":"manchester-1793-half-penny-merchant-token-antique-uk-coin-hapenny-1793-united-kingdom-emergency-coinage","title":"Manchester 1793 Half Penny - Merchant Token - Antique UK Coin - ha'penny 1793- United Kingdom Emergency Coinage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis listing is for the photographed Manchester 1793 Half Penny. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis was a provincial merchant token, produced during Britain's late-18th-century shortage of official small copper coins. It was intended to circulate as usable small change rather than being an official Royal Mint halfpenny. \u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eI. Fielding was associated with Manchester's commercial community, and the token reflects the city's enormous importance in the textile and cotton industry. The porter shown carrying a large bale represents the workers who handled cotton and other goods in Manchester's booming industrial economy. The reverse has the lion rampant and three fleurs-de-lis beneath a crown, associated with the Duke of Bridgewater. The surrounding inscription reads “SUCCESS TO NAVIGATION \/ SIC DONEC.” The reference specifically connects this design to the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal, which connected Worsley and Manchester and was enormously important to the city's industrial development.  \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe canal was particularly significant because it allowed coal from the Duke of Bridgewater's mines at Worsley to be transported cheaply into Manchester, helping fuel the city's developing industries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks for stopping by TreasureHunterCo!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManchester 1793 Half Penny - Merchant Token - Antique UK Coin - ha'penny 1793- United Kingdom Emergency Coinage\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Treasure Hunter Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53440688521513,"sku":"UK-HaPNY-1793","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/1540\/3049\/files\/mason807c.png?v=1787266187","url":"https:\/\/treasurehunterco.com\/hi\/products\/manchester-1793-half-penny-merchant-token-antique-uk-coin-hapenny-1793-united-kingdom-emergency-coinage","provider":"Treasure Hunter Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}