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England - 1794

John Simmons

Obverse:

A cypher I.S., crest a stag's head.

Legend:

STAPLEHURST HALFPENNY

Exergue:

1794.

Size:

29.5 mm.

Edge:

PAYABLE BY I : SIMMONS STAPLEHURST

Reverse:

The Kentish horse.

Legend:

FOR CHANGE NOT FRAUD.

Exergue:

1794.

Vern's Comments:

Bell 20 - pp. 80-81

STAPLEHURST Simmons, I.

No. 20 D&H 40
Obverse:- Crest: (A stag's head erased), surmounting the cypher IS in script capitals. Legend:- STAPLEHURST HALFPENNY 1794
Reverse:- The armorial device of Kent, a horse salient. Legend:- FOR CHANGE NOT FRAUD In the exergue, "1794".
Edge:- PAYABLE BY I: SIMMONS STAPLEHURST X X X X X X X
Diesinker, Arnold; manufacturer, Lutwyche. Three cwts. struck. Scarce.
Comments. The crest and cypher on the obverse are those of John Simmons, who was a freeholder and tallow chandler in Staplehurst, which is a parish in the lathe of Scray, nine miles from Maidstone.

England — Kent

D & H 40 — Staplehurst

Bell Pg: 80-81

O: A cypher I.S., crest a stag's head. STAPLEBURST HALFPENNY 1794.

A. 38

R: The Kentish horse. FOR CHANGE NOT FRAUD.

E: PAYABLE BY I : SIMMONS STAPLEHURST

According to the" Bazaar Notes," John Simmons was a freeholder of Staplehurst, and a tallow chandler by trade. Engraver-ARNOLD. Manufacturer-LUTWYCHE. 2 cwts.

John Simmons