Gloucestershire 50, Badminton (Dalton & Hamer, page 37)

Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Scarce
50. O: Pair of scales.
    R: TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS DUKE OF BEAUFORT THE FRIEND OF MANKIND & HIS WORTHY
       TENANTS WHO REDUCED THE PRICE OF THEIR WHEAT TO 9s PR. BUSHEL A.D. 1795.
       In ten lines between sprigs of laurel and oak.
    E: BADMINTON TOKEN . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 

The Badminton series are not currency tokens, but were struck to perpetuate
the memory of the Duke of Beaufort, and to illustrate incidents connected with
a period of scarcity of corn, and all are rather scarce.

Keywords

the sale of corn by weight proposed,1796,to the illustrious duke of beaufort,the friend of mankind,his worthy tenants who reduced the price of their wheat to 9s,pr,bushel,1795

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