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England - 1793

Goldsmith & Sons halfpenny

Obverse:

Shield of arms of Sudbury.

Size:

29 mm.

Edge:

PAYABLE AT GOLDSMITH & SONS SUDBURY . X X X .

Reverse:

Legend in three lines: PRO BONO / PUBLICO / 1793

Vern's Comments:

BELL N^o 17 D&H 40

SUDBURY Goldsmith & Son.
   Obverse :- Arms of the town of Sudbury. (Sable, a talbot sejant argent; on a chief gules, a lion passant gardant between two fleurs-de-lys or.) This tincture not shown on the token.
Crest : (On a wreath, a talbot's head erased gules [the tincture is not shown on token] between two ostrich feathers erect argent.)
Legend :- MAY THE TRADE OF SUDBURY FLOURISH with an ornamental stop.
   Reverse :- Inscription: PRO BONO PUBLICO 1793
Edge :- PAYABLE AT GOLDSMITH & SONS SUDBURY ·XXX·
Diesinker, Wyon; manufacturer, Kempson. Fifteen cwts. struck.
Common. Note the O in OF in the obverse legend is too large.

Comments. Goldsmith and Son were tailors and drapers in Sudbury.
   Sudbury is partly in Suffolk and partly in Essex, and was incorporated by Queen Elizabeth. The Arms and Crest were granted by Cooke, Clarencieux King of Arms, on the 20th September, 1596, as recorded on the original grant in the archives of the town.
   There are two trivial die variants, D&H 38, 39.
(This N^o. 38)

Commercial Coins 1787-1804., pp. 177-178

England — Suffolk

D & H 38 — Sudbury

Bell Pg: 177-178

O: Shield of arms of Sudbury, the head almost touches the F and S in legend. MAT THE TRADE OF SUDBURY FLOURISH.

A. 36

R: PRO BONO I PUBLICO | 1793. The 1 in the date comes under the B in

E: PAYABLE AT GOLDSMITH & SONS SUDBURY . X X X .

Goldsmith & Sons halfpenny