SCARCE Hull (Yorkshire) Picard's Halfpenny token, dated 1812
Obverse: Legend on four lines in centre and also around periphery "HULL HALF PENNY 1812", "PAYABLE BY I.K PICARD LEAD WORKS HULL.
Reverse: Seated lion with paw on shield: "ESSE QUAM VIDERI" 'Listed in Paul & Withers' "British Copper Tokens 1811 - 1820 as "Scarce".
Picard, the issuer and owner of the lead works, spent some of his time in London and took to gambling his fortune away, eventually becoming bankrupt in 1827 and dying in reduced circumstances in 1843.
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