Gem Mint State Uncirculated Great Britain Conder 1/2 penny token coin.

Catalog: Middlesex, Spence's D&H 878.

Certified by NGC to MS 66 BN, Population Census This coin, NONE higher (PCGS 0/0).

Finest Known!

Dark toned with underlying luster, very nice in hand.

Obverse: bust of Tooke facing right, HORNE TOOKE ESQ, below JACOBS. F.

Reverse: view of Sessions House, SESSIONS - HOUSE / OLD BAILY. 

Edge: Plain. 

Thomas Spence was an activist born in Newcastle in 1750.

Spence issued this token to commemorate the acquittal of his activist colleague Horne Tooke.

John Horne Tooke was tried on a charge of high treason. The trial was held at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey.