Obv: Bust to left with a hat on, JACOBS under it. ROBERT ORCHARD around, 1796 below. Rev: A large cypher R O.
Uncirculated. Red & brown gem. Scarce. Farthing. 3.8g. 20.6mm.
Diesinker, Jacobs; manufacturer, probably Skidmore. The portrait shows Robert Orchard in the last year or so of his apprenticeship. Orchard was known as a flamboyant grocer and tea dealer who issued tokens over a nine year period.