Middlesex. Half Penny. 1794. J.H. Tooke. #sherborne Slightly patchy tone

Slightly patchy tone

Fitted with replacement ribbon

Reverse: MONETA AVGMoneta standing facing

Legend in three lines: I

flanked by annulets

Middlesex. Half Penny. 1794. J.H. Tooke. #sherborne Slightly patchy tonePolitical and Social Series (Middlesex) copper halfpenny token dated 1794. Obverse: Bust of John Horne Tooke to right with legend: TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON J. H. TOOKE ESQ. 1794. Reverse: Legend on seven lines, the first and last curved: NOT GUILTY SAY THE JURY. EQUAL JUDGES OF LAW AND FACT. COUNSEL HON. T. ERSKINE V. GIBBS ESQR.. Plain edge. This is the jury who acquitted John Tooke, Thomas Hardy and John Thelwell, of the charges of high treason,