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John Chalmers

Shilling

1782

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John Chalmers

Shilling

1782

Physical Qualities Silver, 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/16 in. (2.2 x 2.2 x 0.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number 1933.54.13
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
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Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 39, ill.

Markings: Embossed recto: "ONE SHILLING 1783" Embossed verso: "ANNAPOLIS I. CHALMERS"

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John Chalmers

1749–1816

American, 1750-1817
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