Davissons Ltd.
Auction 40 3 Mar 2021
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Middlesex 842b. Spence. Copper halfpenny. 7.96 gm. 29 mm. A pig trampling on the symbols of power; "Pigs meat Published by T. Spence London" in a cartoon-like format above / THOS SPENCE Sir THOS MORE THOS PAINE in three lines; NOTED ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MAN around. Good Extremely Fine; even brown tone with luster traces; early strike, before the die began to fail.
The Mike Sussman Collection of British Trade Tokens. Early Baldwin basement tag noting it came from J. E. Given.