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Great Britain - 1795

The Birmingham Poet - (John Freeth)

Obverse:

Bust to right, with a hat on.

Legend:

THE BIRMINGHAM POET

Size:

34 mm.

Edge:

MANUFACTURED BY W. LUTWYCHE BIRMINGHAM

Reverse:

In five lines within an oak wreath: BRITONS BEHOLD / THE BARD OF FREEDOM / PLAIN & BOLD / WHO SINGS AS DRUIDS / SUNG OF OLD.

Vern's Comments:

He has the look of a seditionist.

England — Warwickshire

D & H 30 — Birmingham

O: Bust to right, with a hat on. THE BIRMINGHAM POET.

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R: BRITONS BEHOLD I THE BARD OF FREEDOM I PLAIN & BOLD I WHO SINGS AS DRUIDS I SUNG OF OLD. In five lines within an oak wreath.

E: MANUFACTURED BY W. LUTWYCHE BIRMINGHAM

Also in brass.

The portrait of John Freeth, "The Birmingham Poet, appears on a Penny token. He kept a tavern in Bell Street, known as Freeth's Coffee House, where met a social group whose portraits appear in the "Memoir" of James Bisset.

The Birmingham Poet - (John Freeth)