1790s NGC MS 66 Spence Tooke 1/2 Penny Conder Middlesex Token Coin DH 878 POP 1/0 (16072102D)
Gem Mint State Uncirculated Great Britain Conder 1/2 penny token coin.
Catalog: Middlesex, Spence's D&H 878.
Certified by NGC to MS 66 BN, Population Census This coin, NONE higher (PCGS 0/0).
Finest Known!
Dark toned with underlying luster, very nice in hand.
Obverse: bust of Tooke facing right, HORNE TOOKE ESQ, below JACOBS. F.
Reverse: view of Sessions House, SESSIONS - HOUSE / OLD BAILY.
Edge: Plain.
Thomas Spence was an activist born in Newcastle in 1750.
Spence issued this token to commemorate the acquittal of his activist colleague Horne Tooke.
John Horne Tooke was tried on a charge of high treason. The trial was held at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey.
