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London – Hackney, David Rebello (merchant and numismatist), Milton's halfpenny 1795, View of Parish Church with Heron family arms above, rev. DAR cypher with wreath above and palm branch and knife below, edge plain, 28.25mm/12.10gm. (DH 309). Good Extremely Fine with full blazing mint lustre, rare 'R'.
David Alves Revello was a Jewish merchant in St. Mary Axe in the City of London, living in Mare St., Hackney. He was also an enthusiastic coin collector and this token is considered to be one of the first ever private tokens issued – and made by an important die engraver employed at the Royal Mint. Rebello chose to put on his token the parish church of Hackney which was demolished a few months after the issue of this piece, and the arms of the Heron family who were the medieval benefactors of this church.
David Alves Revello was a Jewish merchant in St. Mary Axe in the City of London, living in Mare St., Hackney. He was also an enthusiastic coin collector and this token is considered to be one of the first ever private tokens issued – and made by an important die engraver employed at the Royal Mint. Rebello chose to put on his token the parish church of Hackney which was demolished a few months after the issue of this piece, and the arms of the Heron family who were the medieval benefactors of this church.