445, Lot: 818. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. Political and Social Series. Tooke. CU Halfpenny (28mm, 8.20 g, 6h). Dated 1794. J. H. TOOKE ESQ^R/ 1794 in two lines below, TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON. around, bust right / ACQUITTED/ BY HIS JURY/ COUNSEL/ HON. T. ERSKINE/ V. GIBBS ESQ^R. in five lines across field. Edge: Plain. D&H 1045a. Near EF, brown surfaces, a few marks.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.