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Lot 615

Estimate: 100 USD
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Great Britain, Corresponding Society, 1795, Token, EF; Great Britain, Corresponding Society, 1795 Token, EF, Middlesex 286. Copper halfpenny. 10g, 29.6mm. Four men standing with a bundle of sticks at their feet; LONDON CORRESPONDING SOCIETY around (a Parliament reform protest movement that was frequently prosecuted in George III\'s era) / A dove flying left with an olive branch; UNITED FOR A REFORM OF PARLIAMENT 1795. Red and brown. Cleaned, struck on a flan with flaws. The fable of the bundle of sticks is from Aesop. Sticks in a bundle will not readily break. When separated, each breaks easily. Moral: Working together makes for strength. Toned over old cleaning.
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