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From Morston in Norfolk, a tiny port town on Britain's North Sea coast, comes my penny-sized copper token dated 1817 with a good-for value of one pint at William Buck's pub, the Anchor, which is still in business in 2023.
Little is certain, but it is believed that the token was issued to celebrate and commemorate -- and perhaps also to help raise funds for -- the launch of Buck's merchant vessel, a brig christened The Cruizer of Morston. Wikipedia informs us that the brig was the workhorse of coal transport around the British Isles for much of the 19th century but, interestingly, "Cruizer" was at that time the label for an entire class of 18-gun warships active in Royal Navy service and thus extensive combat at sea since 1797.
Meanwhile, Google defines the category "brig" as "...an 18th-century shortening of the word brigantine, but to mean a different type of rigging. The gaff-rigged mainsail on a brigantine distinguishes it from the brig, which is principally square-rigged on both masts." All of this makes it unlikely, it would seem, that the three-masted craft depicted on Buck's token is in actuality a portrait of his Cruizer of Morston.Morston, Yorkshire, 1817 Pint token, 35mm, 18.8g. Unnumbered in Withers, but listed as an "Associated Item" in Appendix 1 with a scarcity rating of RR, or Very Rare.
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12/03/2023 02:33 am
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