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Description: | Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Birmingham halfpenny, n.d. [1789-1800]. (DH Warwks 71a). Honouring Dr Samuel Johnson. Issuer Henry Biggs, probably late 1780s, �d. Obverse Bust of Dr Samuel Johnson. Reverse Three lions rampant: �Promissory halfpenny payable at�. Notes Biggs� tavern may have been named after Dr Johnson. This was his second token and it is said that there was a sudden return of the first in large numbers for redemption, while this one was in production. He consequently changed the edge inscription from �Henry Biggs Moore Street� (in Birmingham), to an evasive one. This was allegedly the first instance of this practice. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | tokens | Temporal: | 1789-1800 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Patrick (artist) | Identifier: | 1977-381/51 | Go to resource |
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