Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, John Milton, (1751-1843), grocer and draper, Winchelsea, Copper, Brass, and Copper-plated Penny (3), 1795, obv bust left, REVD. WILLM. ROMAINE. M . A. around (2), rev BUT I TRUSTED IN THEE, O LORD: I SAID, THOU ART my GOD. PSALM . 31 . 14 OB . JULY . 26 . 1795. AE. 81 . YEARS, T of THOU under L of LORD, edge plain (Conder p.207, 44; Atkins p.363, 33; D&H Middlesex 214); rev T of THOU to left of L of LORD, edge plain (D&H Middlesex 215); obv bust right, REVD. W . ROMAINE . M . A . I . M . F . around, rev figure of Faith standing pointing up, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH D . JULY . 26 . 1795 . A . 81. around, edge plain (Conder p.207, 45; Atkins p.363, 34; D&H Middlesex 216). D&H 214 in copper from the fractured reverse die, good extremely fine and scarce, D&H 215 in brass with minor blemishes, otherwise nearly good extremely fine, rare, D&H 216 in plated-copper with an inked number on the reverse, extremely fine. (3)

D&H 214 ex Daniels Collection
Milton was appointed as Assistant Engraver at the Royal Mint in 1787 and was Medalist to the Prince of Wales. Milton executed dies for a number of provincial coins including those for Colonel Fullarton. Sir Joseph Banks noticed these dies while they were still in Milton's possession and, remarking upon their resemblance to national silver coin then in circulation, cautioned Milton against the project as the artist may be subject to "a charge little short of High Treason". The project was ultimately abandoned but Milton was later dismissed from the Royal Mint in 1798 after it was learned that he had been supplying counterfeit dies to produce foreign gold

Estimate: £120-150