Somersetshire D&H 36e Bath England HALFPENNY TOKEN 1795 around

HALFPENNY TOKEN 1795 around

The entire Drogheda series were probably struck as specious tokens for sale to collectors and probably struck sometime after 1804

Thomas Hall used Dunstan to help advertise his exhibition of stuffed animals when it was on display at the Bartholomew Fair

Uncirculated but with some light carbon spotting on the obverse

Somersetshire D&H 36e Bath England HALFPENNY TOKEN 1795 aroundObv: Bust facing left, IOHN HOWARD F. R. S. around, HALFPENNY . (below). Rev: Female seated instructing boy to unlock prison doors with his key, GO FORTH above, REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL around. Edge: MASONIC HALFPENNY TOKEN MDCCXCIV. Uncirculated and brown. Reverse well struck. After being imprisoned in France under deplorable conditions, John Howards life became a mission of prison reform. Mostly debtors, who were often falsely accused, and would