1794 One Penny - P. Deck - Bury, County of Suffolk, England

Issuer: Private (Philip Deck) Bury, County of Suffolk, England, UK
King George III (1760-1820)
Type: Token
Year: 1794
Value: 1 Penny = 1⁄12 Shilling (1/240)
Currency: Conder tokens (1787-1797)
Grade: F12 (Broken edge)
Metal: Copper
Weight: 19 g. 
Diameter: 33/32 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: D&H# 4, D&H# 4a / Atkins# 5

Obverse:
Left-facing bust in cocked hat, legend around. Legend around.

Lettering:
CHARLES MARQUIS CORNWALLIS ✓✓✓

Reverse:
Figure of Fame, standing between implements of war. Legend around.

Lettering: HIS FAME RESOUNDS FROM EAST TO WEST. 

Edge:
Incuse lettering.

Note: plain edge variety exists.

Lettering: VALUE ONE PENNY AT P. DECKS POST OFFICE BURY 1794

Comments:
Philip Deck was a freeholder and bookseller in Crown Street, and also the Postmaster of Bury.

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as the Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army general and official. In the United States and the United Kingdom, he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. He later served as a civil and military governor in Ireland, where he helped bring about the Act of Union; and in India, where he helped enact the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement.

Référence : D&H# 4, D&H# 4a / Atkins# 5

Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3...

Collection : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens