Obv: HALF PENNY TOKEN in center circle
Edited by Sarah Lloyd and Timothy Millett
HACKNEY CHURCH above with shield of arms
Rev: A POUND NOTE FOR 240
LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY around
Middlesex D&H 734 Spence's Scotland Obv: HALF PENNY TOKEN inObv: A Sailor seizing a landsman, BRITISH LIBERTY DISPLAYED. (around). 1795. Rev: A man and an ass, heads conjoined, ODD FELLOWS below, A MILLION HOG A GUINEA PIG around, 1795 above. Edge: PAYABLE IN LONDON, remainder engrailed. Uncirculated and Proof like. Choice. Scarce. Known as the first socialist, Thomas Spence was a thorn in the side of the crown during his time. His shop, The Hive of Liberty, was the source of his publication, Pigs Meat, or