Great Britain - c.1795

½ Penny Token

(D & H 268 - Middlesex, Burchell's)
Obverse - Great Britain - c.1795 Reverse - Great Britain - c.1795
Obverse - SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE FAMOUS SUGAR-PLUMBS FOR WORMS In script, No. 79
Legend: BASIL BURCHELL . LONG - ACRE .
Reverse - SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE ANODYNE NECKLACE FOR CHILDREN
Legend: . BASIL BURCHELL . CUTTING TEETH
Edge:- Plain.
Size, 28 mm
D & H 271 - Burchell's
O: The tail of the N comes over the 79, which is in very small figures; there is no dot under o.
R:
A. 186
The P of "PROPRIETOR" on a line with the lower limb of the S in "BASIL."
 
This was often manufactured with the hole pre-drilled, apparently to make it easier to put on a string and hang around your child's neck. This example is in white metal although the dealer identified it as tin. More commonly you would find these in copper. There was a bewildering variety of variants. Dalton & Hamer listed this variant as scarce.