Obverse: MANOR (lozenge)OF(lozenge) MINSTER , in three lines with ornament above and roses below.
Reverse: IOHN .(lozenge). RICE , in three lines with ornament above and roses below.
Thick flan.
Edge: Plain. Composition: Brass. Diameter: 25.76 mm. Weight: 6.66 grams.
Davis & Walters, Tickets and Passes 307/61. Withers 2576. Dies as Norweb 2684.


Issued by John Rice, the owner of the Minster Copperas House, and used to pay copperas pickers c. 1736-47. One of several pieces from Baldwin's vault, this example is on thick flan.

Copperas; a green hydrated ferrous sulfate FeSO4·7H2O used especially in making inks and pigments. used especially of commercial grades.

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