Middlesex. Half Penny. 1794. J.H. Tooke. #sherborne WW1 Lapel Badge - Old

WW1 Lapel Badge - Old Contemptibles Association made of brass with buttonhole fitting to rear

20/11/1916

Head of Septimius Severus

Very pleasing coin

Philip & Mary I

Middlesex. Half Penny. 1794. J.H. Tooke. #sherborne WW1 Lapel Badge - OldPolitical and Social Series (Middlesex) copper halfpenny token dated 1794. Obverse: Bust of John Horne Tooke to right with legend: TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON J. H. TOOKE ESQ. 1794. Reverse: Legend on seven lines, the first and last curved: NOT GUILTY SAY THE JURY. EQUAL JUDGES OF LAW AND FACT. COUNSEL HON. T. ERSKINE V. GIBBS ESQR.. Plain edge. This is the jury who acquitted John Tooke, Thomas Hardy and John Thelwell, of the charges of high treason,