445, Lot: 815. Estimate $75. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. Political and Social Series. Map of France. CU Halfpenny (28.5mm, 9.24 g, 6h). Dated 1794. A MAP OF FRANCE. 1794, HONOR trodden under foot, throne turned upside down, FRA–NCE divided, RE\LI/GI\ON cut in pieces, GLORY defaced, FIRE in each corner, murder (i.e. daggers) on every side, and bloodshed all over a map of France / MAY/ GREAT BRITAIN/ EVER REMAIN/ THE/ REVERSE in five lines across field, radiated within an oak wreath. Edge: Milled \\\\\\. D&H 1016e. EF, brown surfaces.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.