1795 HalfPenny Guest’s shoes - London, Middlesex

Country: London, Middlesex - Great Britain
Type: Conder Tokens (1787-1797)
Year: 1795
Value: 1/2 Penny = 1/24 Shilling (1/480 LSD)
Grade: VF/XF
Composition: Copper
Weight: 9.3 g.
Diameter: 29 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: DH# 308

Obverse:
Royal arms, supporters and crest, legend around

Lettering: GUESTS PATENT BOOTS & SHOES

Reverse:
A boot, shoe and lady's slipper, legend around, denomination and date in exergue

Lettering:
NO. 9. SURRY ST. BLACKFRIARS ROAD
HALFPENNY
1795

Edge:
Inscripted

NOTE: varieties exist

Lettering: PAYABLE AT LONDON . + . + . + . + . + .

Comments:
Guest was a boot and shoe maker and wholesale manufacturer of ladies’ shoes, who had a business at No. 9 Surrey Street, now Blackfriars Road, on the Surrey side of the Thames. It appears that he subsequently became a chemist and invented a preparation styled the ”Guestonian Medicine”, which he sold from the same address.

Riferimento : DH# 308

Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5...

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