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1/2 Penny Sir Bevois Southampton - North Wales
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| Currency | Evasion tokens (1751-1797) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Sir Bevois facing right, with loosely curled hair, occupying the central field. The legend SR. BEVOIS SOUTHAMPTON curves around the periphery in Latin script. The portrait is rendered in a classical style typical of late 18th-century evasion tokens, with coarse die workmanship characteristic of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sr. BEVOIS SOUTHAMPTON |
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This is a trade token, not a regal issue — struck during the great copper token proliferation of the 1790s, when chronic small-change shortages across Britain forced merchants, manufacturers, and pub landlords to commission their own coinage. The "Sir Bevois" reference points to the Southampton inn of that name, invoking the medieval legend of Bevis of Hampton, a chivalric hero whose story was among the most widely circulated romances in late medieval England. The North Wales attribution in the series designation reflects Atkins's cataloguing groupings rather than a place of issue.