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England - 1794

Union of Appledore

Obverse:

A lion and a lamb lying down together, with standing corn in the background.

Legend:

PEACE INNOCENCE AND PLENTY. with two leaves as ornaments dividing the first from the last word.

Edge:

PAYABLE AT W. PECKHAM'S APPLEDORE .x.x.x.

Reverse:

A windmill on the right with a house in the distance on the left, and a man with a sack on his back, between them.

Legend:

THE UNION OF APPLEDORE KENT.1794

Vern's Comments:

Diesinker, Wyon; manufacturer, Lutwyche. Two cwts. struck. Fairly common.

Comments. W. Peckham was a general shopkeeper in Appledore, a town which once possessed a considerable market, but had declined until it was called by one writer "A small, mean village." The agricultural land around tended to be low lying and unhealthy and the hovels were chiefly inhabited by graziers and smugglers. Appledore was in the lathe of Scray and hundred of Blackburn. Lathe is a term used in Kent for a division of a county comprising three or more Hundreds. Kent was divided into five lathes: St. Augustines, Aylesford, Scray, Shepway, and Sutton-at-Home.

Commercial Coins 1787-1804., p. 62

England — Kent

D & H 3 — Appledore

Bell Pg: 62

O: A man carrying a sack to a windmill. THE UNION OF APPLEDORE KENT. 1794.

A. 2

R: A lion and lamb lying together in standing corn. PEACE INNOCENCE AND PLENTY.

E: PAYABLE AT W. PECKHAM'S APPLEDORE .x.x.x.