Middlesex token, 1796.

Made:
1796
Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Middlesex token, 1796 Middlesex token, 1796. Middlesex token, 1796.

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Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Middlesex token, 1796
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Middlesex token, 1796.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Middlesex token, 1796.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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.