Middlesex token, 1796.
- PART OF:
- Collection of trade tokens
- Made:
- 1796
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Middlesex token, 1796.
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Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Middlesex token, 1796
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Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Middlesex token, 1796. (DH Mddx 521b). Issuer Peter Skidmore, 1796. Obverse A man handcuffed and in irons with a padlock on his mouth: ‘A Free born Briton of 1796’. Reverse Man holding a cutlass and broken fetters: ‘A French Republican’. Notes The ‘Briton’ is a reference to the Gagging Act against sedition passed in 1795.
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1977-381/82
- Materials:
- copper (metal)
- type:
- token
- credit:
- Mr. J. Newmark.
