½ Penny Middlesex – Whitfield's / Long Live The King

Features

Issuer United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type Token
Year 1795
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Conder tokens (1787-1797)
Composition Copper
Diameter 28 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1797
Number
N#
111134
References DH# 911
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer ; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Bust (of King George III?) in profile to left. Lettering around

Lettering: * * LONG LIVE THE KING

Reverse

A large monogram with date below

Lettering:
J M & Co
1795

Edge

Milled
NOTE: varieties exist

Comments

Listed in Bell’s “Specious Tokens and those struck for General Circulation 1784-1804” as “RARE”.
Monogram could be for I M & Co instead of J M & Co as nothing is known of the issuer of this token.
 A token with same obverse and lettering, has the reverse of a hand from the clouds suspending a pair of scales with lettering 'Payable at John Whitfield's'.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1795  DH#911 - milled edge
1795  DH#911a - engrailed edge
1795  DH#911b - plain edge

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