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Copper halfpenny token issued by the Carmarthen Iron Works. Carmarthen, south Wales, AD 1790s. D: 29mm, W: 13.48g. - Token of the Industrial Revolution in Wales, showing iron workers at work in the foundry. On one side a smith seems to be hammering hot iron. On the other side foundry workers are guiding molten iron into channels of sand to produce cast pig-iron bars.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART307904
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Image
Purpose
Public
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3600px × 1777px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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18th century CE
Coin
Copper
English
Forge
Foundry
Georgian and Regency (1715-1837)
Industrial Building
Industrial Revolution
Iron
Laborer
Lower Class
Social History
Wales, Great Britain