Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 8, 1812
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 63
Notes:
"This coin is a Bank of Ireland Token for 10 Pence 'Irish' dated 1805 but it may have been struck any time in 1805 or between mid 1806 and 1808.These tokens were originally struck in 1805 and in 1806 a new issue dated 1806 was struck, however the Act of Parliament only authorised tokens dated 1805. So from mid 1806 until the end of the issue in 1808 the token were all dated 1805." (Irishcoinage.com)
Charles William Bazeley was a Philadelphia teacher. He was the author of Arithmetical rules and tables of money, weights, measures, and time, as adopted in Mrs. Bazeley's Academy for Young Ladies (Philadelphia 1810); The new juvenile atlas: illustrative of the various divisions which comprise the surface of the globe (Philadelphia, 1815); and A System of Ancient and Modern Geography (Philadelphia, 1819). He gave a copy of his Elements of penmanship simplified and illustrated to the Peale Museum on 8 Oct 1812.
