Middlesex 1794 Tooke 1/2d Conder - D+H#1045a
Offered is a pleasing example of the ‘Tooke acquitted’ halfpenny Conder token, D+H#1045a. John Horne Tooke was a clergyman, politician, activist and philosopher. His first run-in with the law came as a result of his signing a petition for the support of American relatives of those ‘murdered’ at Lexington and Concord - an endorsement which would cost him £1200 and one year in prison. Tooke was brought up before the courts again in 1794 for his early support of the French Revolution - a charge for which he was acquitted after 8 minutes of deliberation by a jury.
This example features great detail, and pleasing surfaces - a fascinating piece of English, American, and European history alike!
Obv: TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON / J.H. TOOKE ESQr / 1794
Rev: ACQUITTED / BY HIS JURY COUNSEL HON. T. ERSKINE / V. GIBBS ESQr
Edge: Plain, in collar
Offered is a pleasing example of the ‘Tooke acquitted’ halfpenny Conder token, D+H#1045a. John Horne Tooke was a clergyman, politician, activist and philosopher. His first run-in with the law came as a result of his signing a petition for the support of American relatives of those ‘murdered’ at Lexington and Concord - an endorsement which would cost him £1200 and one year in prison. Tooke was brought up before the courts again in 1794 for his early support of the French Revolution - a charge for which he was acquitted after 8 minutes of deliberation by a jury.
This example features great detail, and pleasing surfaces - a fascinating piece of English, American, and European history alike!
Obv: TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON / J.H. TOOKE ESQr / 1794
Rev: ACQUITTED / BY HIS JURY COUNSEL HON. T. ERSKINE / V. GIBBS ESQr
Edge: Plain, in collar
Offered is a pleasing example of the ‘Tooke acquitted’ halfpenny Conder token, D+H#1045a. John Horne Tooke was a clergyman, politician, activist and philosopher. His first run-in with the law came as a result of his signing a petition for the support of American relatives of those ‘murdered’ at Lexington and Concord - an endorsement which would cost him £1200 and one year in prison. Tooke was brought up before the courts again in 1794 for his early support of the French Revolution - a charge for which he was acquitted after 8 minutes of deliberation by a jury.
This example features great detail, and pleasing surfaces - a fascinating piece of English, American, and European history alike!
Obv: TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON / J.H. TOOKE ESQr / 1794
Rev: ACQUITTED / BY HIS JURY COUNSEL HON. T. ERSKINE / V. GIBBS ESQr
Edge: Plain, in collar