½ Penny Middlesex - D I Eaton
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Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1795 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 9.18 g |
| Diameter | 29.1 mm |
| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 108802 |
| References | DH# 301 Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Bust left, lettering on ribbon below. Lettering around, toothed border
Script: Latin
Lettering:
· D · I · EATON THREE TIMES ACQUITTED OF SEDITION
FRANGAS NON FLECTES
Translation: Break not, bend
Reverse
Inner circle containing a cock on fence, crowing over four pigs at trough down in sty. Lettering around, date below. Toothed border
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PRINTER TO THE MAJESTY OF THE PEOPLE. LONDON
· 1795 ·
Edge
Diagonal milling \ \ \ \
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Comments
Eaton's Cock and Swine London Halfpenny 1795.
Daniel Isaac Eaton was tried on a number of occasions for publishing seditious material. He was eventually found guilty of libel but managed to get away to America for three years, only to face fifteen month’s prison on his return, and the destruction of £28,000 worth of stock by fire. In 1812 he was sentenced to eighteen months in Newgate Prison and then an hour in the pillory, where he was cheered and showered with flowers the whole time. He died in poverty a few years afterwards. For some time he occupied a shop at “The Cock and Swine” the emblem of which is featured on the reverse of the token.
Daniel Isaac Eaton was tried on a number of occasions for publishing seditious material. He was eventually found guilty of libel but managed to get away to America for three years, only to face fifteen month’s prison on his return, and the destruction of £28,000 worth of stock by fire. In 1812 he was sentenced to eighteen months in Newgate Prison and then an hour in the pillory, where he was cheered and showered with flowers the whole time. He died in poverty a few years afterwards. For some time he occupied a shop at “The Cock and Swine” the emblem of which is featured on the reverse of the token.
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