The Myddelton Tokens.
Obverse: A figure, representing Hope, beside an anchor; she presents two children to a female, the last extending her right hand in reception of the charge; the left hand supports a liberty staff, which is crowned with a cap; in front of the figure with the staff is an olive branch and a wreath, to the rear a cornucopia. Legend: “BRITISH SETTLEMENT KENTUCKY.”
Reverse: Britannia, seated disconsolate amid the down-cast emblems of her power, and facing left; her head is bowed; she holds in her right hand an inverted spear, the head of which penetrates the ground; at her right side a bundle of fasces or lictors’ rods have fallen near the cap of Liberty; upon the ground, before the figure, are the scales of justice, upon which Britannia has set her left foot and the sword of justice, with broken blade; the left arm of the figure rests upon a large shield, bearing the cross of the British ensigns. Legend: “PAYABLE BY P. P. P. MYDDELTON.”
PLATE IX.
Half Cent. 1802. Wreath Cent. 1793. Half Cent. 1794.
Washington Medal. 1789. Half Cent. 1847. New York Cent.
See description.
PLATE X.
Greek Egyptian Coin. Ptolemy. Widow’s Mite. Copper Coin. Roman Bronze Coin. Trajan Augustus. 98-117 A. D.
Antiochus Epiphanes. Counterfeit Judean Shekel. Dating about the Time of Christ. Macedonian Coin. Philip III. 317-324 B. C.
See description.