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England - 1795

Fine Teas - The Grasshopper

Obverse
Obverse:
A grasshopper.
Legend:
FINE . TEAS . OF . THE ROUGH . FLAVOUR.
Size:
28 mm.
Edge:
ITALIAN FRENCH & PORTUGAL FRUIT WAREHOUSE . + .
Reverse
Reverse:
PATENT COCAO WAREHOUSE 1795
Legend:
WM. STINTON . ST. JAMES'S. STREET . LONDON +

Vern's Comments:

Besides being one fun token this example has the sides rotated 90o from each other. Normal is either no rotation or 180o.

England — Middlesex

D & H 904 — Stinton`s

 
O:    A grasshopper. FINE . TEAS . OF . THE ROUGH . FLAVOUR.
A. 722
R:    WM. STINTON . ST. JAMES'S. STREET . LONDON + PATENT COCAO WAREHOUSE 1795
E:    ITALIAN FRENCH & PORTUGAL FRUIT WAREHOUSE . + .