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1/2 Penny Middlesex - Spence's / End of Pain
| Issuer | Thomas Spence |
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| Year | 1793-1797 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a gibbet with a figure of a hanged man suspended from the crossbeam, oriented to the right, rendered in low relief against a plain field with minor ground detail and a small architectural element at lower right. The peripheral legend reads END OF PAIN, with the word END along the left border and PAIN along the right, and OF at the top, the text distributed radially around the design. The token border is formed by a prominent milled or engrailed edge dentilation. The composition alludes to the radical political themes promoted by Thomas Spence, referencing capital punishment as an end to the sufferings of the condemned. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts an open book displayed symmetrically in the field, its pages spread to left and right, with text inscribed across both leaves. The left page bears the words THE WRONGS OF MAN in three lines, and the right page carries the date JAN: Y 21: 1793, referencing the execution of King Louis XVI of France on 21 January 1793. The book rests on a flat surface with no exergual line, and the field is otherwise plain. The coin border is defined by a continuous milled dentilation matching the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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