Middlesex, London, Thomas Spence, halfpenny token c. 1790s, Westminster Scholar.
The scholar illustrated on the obverse is a student of Westminster School, founded 1560, and still extant.
Edge reads: SPENCE X DEALER X IN X COINS X LONDON
about EF, lacquered, a few minor marks.
D&H Middlesex 704
ex-Robin de Beaumont (1926-2023) collection; bt. Stanley Gibbons Currency Ltd, 3 November 1978; de Beaumont, a celebrated antiquarian bookseller was at the time working for Stanley Gibbons in their book department. Sold with original invoice.