Token - Heslop's Contortionist

€1.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1795
TypeEmergency merchant token
CompositionCopper
Weight7.66 g
Diameter29.7 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
EdgePlain
Period
Reference(s) DH#336
Obverse descriptionA male contortionist (Joseph Clark) standing right in an antic pose on right foot with left leg vertical and right arm raised, with a monkey on ground left mimicking him. Designer`s name lower right. Lettering curved above (slightly out of alignment to right). Toothed border
Obverse letteringCAN YOU DO SO
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionIn the centre legend on six lines, and around edge. Border with longer teeth
Reverse letteringR · HESLOP No. 86 CHISWELL STREET FINSBURY SQUARE THE FIRST SHOP IN LONDON FOR NATURAL CURIOSITYS PAINTINGS, COINS COLOURS FOR ARTISTS &c
Reverse scriptLatin
Mint
MintageND (1795)  - -
Catalog ID1384726400
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