Middlesex 299, Denton's Collectors' Tokens (Dalton & Hamer, page 129)

Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Rare (R)
299.  O: A connoiseur smoking a pipe, at a table spread with medals, an old man
         behind him putting on his head a fool's cap. TOKEN COLLECTORS HALFPENNY .
         PAYABLE ON DEMAND . 1796. (Same as No. 298.)
      R: Two boys riding a race upon asses. ASSES RUNNING FOR HALFPENCE.
      E: ANY SUM GIVEN FOR SCARCE ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS.

299a. E: PAYABLE AT THE BANK IN SHERBORNE + DORSET +

No. 299a, RR. 299, R.

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