拍品号 1138:
United Kingdom. Great Britain. Middlesex. Halfpenny Token 1794. AE. 9.13 g. 29.50 mm. On the edge PAYABLE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES. VF. James Lackington was a bookseller who is credited with revolutionizing the British book trade. Lackington's main bookstore in Finsbury Square was called the 'Temple of the Muses' and was said to have been large enough 'that a mail-coach and four were driven round the counters at its opening' in 1793. In 1794 he minted a token, with his image on the obverse and the reverse reads 'HALFPENNY of J. LACKINGTON & Co.' 'CHEAPEST BOOKSELLERS IN THE WORLD.'.
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