CV's 18th Century Provincial Tokens of Great Britian
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - SUSSEX |
| Design Description: |
Conder Token |
| Item Description: |
1/2P 1795 G.BRIT D&h-7 SUSSEX - BRIGHTON E: PLAIN |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 64 BN |
| Owner: |
CyberspaceVoid |
Owner Comments:
Spence's 1795 halfpenny
REFERENCE: Sussex (Brighton) D&H 9
DIAMETER: 31 mm
WEIGHT:
COMPOSITION: copper
DIESINKER:
MANUFACTURER:
RARITY: scarce (approx 75-150 known)
OBVERSE: view of a castle under siege with mounted officer instructing gunners to fire, two cannonballs in the air and several on ground: "HALFPENNY" (same as Sussex DH-6 reverse); has characteristic "scratch" that was on the reused die
REVERSE: undersized die showing ships at sea and trophies of war, date below "1795"; characteristic die clashes
EDGE:
Thomas Spence described the obverse as an attack on the Bastille but the troops appear to be British and the building unlike the French prison destroyed by the Paris mob July 14, 1789.