TOKENS, Middlesex. Mail Coach. CU Halfpenny (28mm, 7.14 g, 12h). Dated 1797. MAIL COACH HALFPENNY PAYABLE IN LONDON •, TO TRADE • EXPEDITION/ & TO PROPERTY •/ PROTECTION • in three lines in exergue, a mail coach drawn right by horses / TO/ J • PALMER • ESQ/ THIS IS INSCRIBED/ AS A TOKEN OF/ GRATITUDE/ FOR BENEFITS RECED,/ FROM THE • ESTABLISHMENT/ OF MAIL COACHES/ 1797 in nine lines within wreath. D&H 364. EF, some scratches, lightly burnished.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.