1794 HalfPenny - Satirical Map of France - Middlesex

Country: Middlesex - Great Britain
Type: Conder Tokens (1787-1797)
Year: 1794
Value: 1/2 Penny = 1/24 Shilling (1/480 LSD)
Grade: XF45
Composition: Copper
Weight: 9.4 g.
Diameter: 28 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: DH# 1016e; Atkins # 98

Obverse:
'Honor' trodden underfoot, 'throne' turned upside down, 'FRA-NCE' (divided), 'RE|LI|GI|ON' cut in pieces, 'GLORY' defaced, 'FIRE' in each corner, murder (i.e. daggers) on every side, and bloodshed all over.

Lettering:
A MAP OF FRANCE . 1794
FRA-NCE FIRE
RE\LI/GI\ON FIRE
HONOR FIRE
GLORY FIRE
throne

Reverse:
Legend across five horizontal lines, over large star radiating within a wreath of oak. The first and last letters of the second line touch the wreath.

Lettering:
MAY
GREAT BRITAIN
EVER REMAIN
THE
REVERSE

Edge:
Milled (coarse)

NOTE: Edge varieties exist:

DH#1016 - CURRENT EVERY WHERE
DH#1016a - PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLARKE
DH#1016b - RICHARD BACON COCKEY LANE
DH#1016c - PAYABLE AT CHARLES HEATHS BAY MAKER COLCHESTER
DH#1016d - Engrailed
DH#1016e - Milled (coarse)
DH#1016f - Plain (not in collar)

Comments:
Dalton & Hamer Middlesex Political & Social Series. This was designed to make a satirical comment against the French, whose revolution had just overthrown the monarchy. The DH#1017 version has the same reverse but with smaller letters which do not reach the edge.

Riferimento : DH# 1016e; Atkins # 98

Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4...

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