Middlesex 227a ("Scarce in fine condition"). Political and Social Series. Copper penny. 16.92 gm. 32 mm. 1796. A cauliflower head; CABBAGE SOCIETY around / A star of six leaves in the center; PURIM 1796 in large letters around. Edge: Coarse milling over AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS'D OF ALL NATIONS. Uncirculated; evenly toned with traces of luster; exceptional example and very rare in this condition.

The Mike Sussman Collection of British Trade Tokens.

The edge legend, milled over, suggests the society as one of the "Political Clubs rife among the lower classes of society" as Samuel (Sept. 30, 1885) put it in an article in The Bazaar. Samuel placed these groups among the "seditious" groups of that late 18th century era. He had no explanation for the Jewish reference on the reverse. A Google search revealed nothing about the group. Though D&H does not note it as particularly rare, it seldom appears on the market and when it does, it is rarely this fine.