Provincial Tokens
Middlesex National Series DH 183
View Image Gallery >
Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - MIDDLESEX |
| Item Description: |
PENNY 1789 G.BRIT D&h-183 MIDDLESEX-NATIONAL SERIES E: PLAIN, WM Middlesex DH 183 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 61 PL |
| Owner: |
farthing |
Set Details
| Custom Sets: |
Provincial Tokens
|
| Competitive Sets: |
This coin is not competing in any sets.
|
Owner Comments:
Middlesex National Series DH #183
Obverse: A bust of King George III facing left, C.I W and 1789 beneath
Reverse: A crown between a rose and a thistle upon a map of Australia, a radiated sun above. Upon a ribbon over the crown TO TRANSPORT TURN'D A PEOPLE'S FEAR'S Ex: M.DCC.LXXXIX
Edge: Plain
Diesinker: Thomas Wyon
Manufacturer: Charles James
Rarity: Extremely Rare
The first convict ships arrived in Australia in January 1788. 1789 was marked by the recovery of George III to health, i.e. Divine shining its face on the crown of Great Britain.
Struck in White Metal.
Atkins: Not Local 7
BHM: 306
Heritage Sale, 19 September 2019