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1794 Erskine & Gibbs Bill of Rights Middlesex London Conder Halfpenny Token
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1794 Erskine & Gibbs Bill of Rights Middlesex London Conder Halfpenny Token. Shipped with USPS First Class.This Political and SocialSeries London (Middlesex) copper Erskine & Gibbs Conder halfpenny token,dated 1794 (Dalton and Hamer Middlesex No. 1012; Atkins 86a; 28.5 mm.) hasgreat eye appeal with great color and surfaces.
Obverse: Two barristers standing holding abanner inscribed: “BILL OF RIGHTS” beneath another banner inscribed: “MAGNACHARTA” with legend: “ERSKINE
AND
GIBBS
AND
TRIAL
BY
JURY”.
Reverse: Legend on nine lines: “T. HARDY. | I.H. TOOKE. | T. HOLCROFT. | I. A. BONNEY. | J. JOYCE. S. KID. | J. THELWALL. |I. RICHTER. | I. BAXTER. | 1794.”
Diagonallymilled edge \\\.
These men, listed onthe reverse, were radicals advocating personal liberty and were acquitted ofhigh treason in the sedition trials of 1794.
Thomas Erskine and Vicary Gibbs were theirdefense counsels.
The token was issuedto commemorate their acquittals.