Obv: A Lamb, within a circle, FOUNDLING FIELDS around, 1795 below. Rev: A cypher I B within a circle, PAYABLE ON DEMAND around. Edge: Milled.
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This token commemorates the work of Thomas Coran for abandoned babies. Upon seeing a dead baby on the side of the road one day, he became determined to build London's Foundling Hospital. A basket was placed on the front door in which mothers could place their unwanted babies. The hospital cared for around 200 children maximum and turned out about 300 a year. Children would stay until they were 13. Handel donated an organ to the hospital, and Hogarth some of his paintings.