Middlesex-Spence’s D&H-837, Plain Edge.  Struck in Brass.

According to R.C. Bell’s Political and Commemorative Pieces Simulating Tradesmens’ Tokens 1770-1802, the central figure hanging from the gallows on the obverse of this piece is probably intended to be Thomas Pain, with Thomas Spence and Thomas Hardy, or Thomas Evans on either side.

The inscription on the reverse plays on the double meaning of Knave for a rogue and a Jack in a deck of cards (a reference to the Jacobin Club, a far-left political movement at the time of the French Revolution, though the term came to refer to all supporters of revolutionary opinions).

With this specimen rendered in brass, just the second example of this variant we’ve ever had a chance to buy. 

And while this piece was likely lacquered in the past, when it was removed it revealed no-question-about-it golden brass color and flashes of blue and rose toning that neatly highlight this design.

SOLD

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