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John Chalmers

Three Pence

1782

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John Chalmers

Three Pence

1782

Physical Qualities Silver, 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/16 in. (1.3 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number 1933.54.12
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: "THREE PENCE 1783" Embossed verso: "ANNAP'S I. CHALMERS" [Annapolis abbr.]

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John Chalmers

1749–1816

American, 1750-1817
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