Middlesex D&H 155 Clerkenwell Penny STAFFORDSHIRE HALF PENNY TOKEN around

STAFFORDSHIRE HALF PENNY TOKEN around

especially on the obverse

Rev: Britannia seated at right inscribing in her book

Lusk agrees with Dykes’ thought that the use of the two already used dies are a symptom of Ball’s frugality and not evidence of it being a specious token

PRIEST FIELD FURNACES 1811 in exergue

Middlesex D&H 155 Clerkenwell Penny STAFFORDSHIRE HALF PENNY TOKEN aroundObv: View of building, THE . HOUSE OF LORDS above, JACOBS in exergue. Rev: Shield of arms, LONDON above, P. SKIDMORE . MEDAL . MAKER . COPPICE ROW . CLERKENWELL . LONDON. (around). Edge: I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY . X . Uncirculated, Red & brown. Scarce. Penny. Ex. Deane. 24. 7g. 34. 49mm. The House of Lords gained notoriety when the Gunpowder Plot by Guy Fawkes was discovered and thwarted in the cellar of this building. Once part