Middlesex 1012. Erskine and Gibbs. Æ halfpenny. 9.41 gm. 29 mm. 1794. Two lawyers holding a banner inscribed "BILL OF RIGHTS;" above them another banner labeled "MAGNA CHARTA." ERSKINE AND GIBBS AND TRIAL BY JURY around / T. HARDY | I. H. TOOKE | T. HOLCROFT | I. A. BONNEY | J. JOYCE S. KID | J. THELWALL | I. RICHETER | I. BAXTER | 1794. (All defendants accused of sedition who were successfully defended by Erskine and Gibbs.) Edge milled. Uncirculated; evenly toned, with traces of blue iridescence.

The Dr. Harry Salyards Collection. Ex EAC 1995.

On envelope: "Thomas Erskine, later (1806) lord chancellor of England, lost the attorney general's office after publicly defending Thomas Paine (1792)."