Lot 677

Description

Convict token, W.FOX counterstamped on reverse of Great Britain George III halfpenny, 1799; also another 1799 halfpenny surcharged as an advertising token with details impressed on coin, obverse, 'Purchase Number One of Lloyds Last New Penny Publication', reverse, 'Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 3d Post Free', variety with 3d not three pence. Coins poor, counterstamps very fine. (2)

William Fox, convicted at York, West Riding Quarter Sessions for a term of ten years. Departed on 20 September 1839 as one of 240 convicts transported on the Canton to Van Diemen's Land arriving on 12 January 1840. With research.