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Description: | Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Middlesex token, Tooke, 1794. (DH Mddx 1044a). Issuer Unknown, 1794. Obverse A full face bust of John Horne Tooke. Reverse �British Justice Displayed, Erskine Gibbs� and �Nov�r 22. 1794�. Also inscribed are the names of the twelve jurors. Notes Tooke was tried for high treason and acquitted. Erskine and Gibbs were defending lawyers. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | tokens | Temporal: | 1794 | Source: | Science Museum | Identifier: | 1977-381/101 | Go to resource |
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