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GREAT BRITAIN: Paddington, AE medalet, ND (1812), Specimen

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GREAT BRITAIN: Paddington, AE medalet, ND (1812), Specimen
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GREAT BRITAIN: Paddington, AE medalet, ND (1812), Withers pg. 239, 27mm bronze London medalet in the style of an 18th Century halfpenny token, BEWARE OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPy around rim, SOME OF WHOSE / FRAUD, OPPRESSION, / PERJURY, FORGERY / & ROBBERY &ca / ARE SET FORTH IN, all at center // AUGUSTUS COVES'S PUBLICATIONS around rim, ENTITLED / THE / TOSCIN SOUNDED / OR THE BULL / TAKEN BY THE HORNS &c / TO BE HAD OF THE / BOOKSELLERS, light staining, plain edge, Specimen, RRR (Withers). Augustus Cove was a dealer in china and glass who was criminally and unjustly treated by the Grand Junction Canal Company. The saga began when Cove took a lease on a wharf at Paddington Basin and is related in Cove's book mentioned on the reverse of the token.