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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bobbyhelmet, post: 1887162, member: 44166&quot;]Found these two matches for the token on eBay:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MIDDLESEX-COPPER-HALFPENNY-TOKEN-1795-LONDON-Richardsons-DH-467-/380562078727?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item589b447c07" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MIDDLESEX-COPPER-HALFPENNY-TOKEN-1795-LONDON-Richardsons-DH-467-/380562078727?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item589b447c07" rel="nofollow">380562078727</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/J673-1795-Conder-Token-Richardsons-Lottery-D-H-Middx-467-High-Grade-/200993760036?pt=UK_Coins_Tokens_RL&amp;hash=item2ecc296324" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/J673-1795-Conder-Token-Richardsons-Lottery-D-H-Middx-467-High-Grade-/200993760036?pt=UK_Coins_Tokens_RL&amp;hash=item2ecc296324" rel="nofollow">200993760036</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Took this from the description of the item in the first link, cool thing to have <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Richardson&#039;s&nbsp; copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1795. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> View of Lady Fortune standing between two 18th century lottery wheels: &quot;NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING HAVE 1795&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Text on six lines and round circumference: &quot;AT THE OFFICES OF RICHARDSON GOODLUCK &amp; Co No 12807 THE LAST PRIZE OF £30,000 SHARED WAS SOLD IN SIXTEENTHS”. Plain edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Richardson, Goodluck &amp; Co., were stock-brokers and lottery-office keepers with a business at No. 104 Bank Building, Cornhill in the City, and at No. 8 Charing Cross in the West End of London. Goodluck was an old country woman who was made a partner purely for the use of her name. She received a payment of £50.00 per year and had no further interest in the firm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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