1795 NGC MS 63 Spence Tree Liberty Lion Rooster 1/2 Penny Middlesex Satirical Conder Token DH 889 POP 1/0 (25042403C)

Rare Mint State Uncirculated Great Britain Conder 1/2 penny token coin. Catalog: Middlesex, Spence's D&H 889. Certified by NGC to MS 63 BN, Population Census This coin, NONE higher. Abundant red color, especially obverse. Vintage NGC holder, likely upgrade candidate to RB. Obverse: Four men dancing round a pole surmounted by a radiated head, pair of branches at each side, pair of cornucopia below, TREE OF LIBERTY. Reverse: Lion dismayed at a rooster crowing, LET TYRANTS TREMBLE AT THE CROW OF LIBERTY / 1795.  Edge: SPENCE DEALER IN COINS LONDON.  Thomas Spence was an activist born in Newcastle in 1750. An important French Revolution political satirical coin.  The obverse, tree of liberty was a post or tree set up by the people from the time of the War of American Independence, hung with flags and devices, and crowned with a cap of liberty. Here the cap is replaced by a radiated head of Prime Minister Pitt. The reverse, lion trembling at the crowing of a rooster, is a representatio