Great Britain - c.1795

1 Penny Token

(D & H 1 - Oxfordshire, Banbury)
Obverse - Great Britain - c.1795 Reverse - Great Britain - c.1795
Obverse - A three-quarter face bust in eighteenth century costume.
Legend: WM. RUSHER HATTER BOOKSELR. & STATIONER. BANBURY.
Reverse - Arms of the Borough of Banbury. (Azure, the sun in splendour or. [The tinctures are not shown on the token.]
Legend: DEUS. EST. NOBIS. SOL. ET. SCUTUM. This is the motto of the town.
Edge:- PAYABLE AT BANBURY OXFORD OR READING +
Diesinker, Arnold; manufacturer, Lutwyche. Five cwts. struck. Common.
 
Comments. William Rusher was a freeholder earning a living as a bookseller, stationer, and hatter in Banbury.
 
   Banbury is partly in Oxfordshire, and partly in Northamptonshire, and was incorporated by Queen Mary. The Arms appear to have been granted by her successor in 1584.
Commercial Coins 1787-1804., pp. 141-142
D & H 1 - Banbury
O: A three-quarter face bust. WM. RUSHER HATTER BOOKSELR & STATIONER. BANBURY.
R: The sun. DEUS. EST. NOBIS. SOL. ET. SCUTUM.
E:
A. 2
PAYABLE AT BANBURY OXFORD OR READING.