Somersetshire D&H 36e Bath England Still standing

Still standing

A commercial token for Hawkins Bird

with FRANGAS NON FLECTES on a ribbon under

HALFPENNY TOKEN 1795 around

although officially it was the Romans who are distinguished with that honor

Somersetshire D&H 36e Bath England Still standingObv: Bust facing left, IOHN HOWARD F. R. S. around, HALFPENNY . (below). Rev: Female seated instructing boy to unlock prison doors with his key, GO FORTH above, REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL around. Edge: MASONIC HALFPENNY TOKEN MDCCXCIV. Uncirculated and brown. Reverse well struck. After being imprisoned in France under deplorable conditions, John Howards life became a mission of prison reform. Mostly debtors, who were often falsely accused, and would