Obv: In nine lines, BASIL BURCHELL SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE FAMOUS SUGARPLUMBS FOR WORMS NO. 79 LONG ACRE. Rev: In nine lines, BASIL BURCHELL SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE ANODYNE NECKLACE FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. Edge: Plain.
Extremely Fine. White-metal with no pesting. Flashy, especially hugging all the legends. Very Rare (RR).
Basil Burchell was a seller of patent medicines and quack cures. He used these tokens as advertising tickets and his business was highly successful, stretching into the mid nineteenth century.