18th Century Tokens, Middlesex [incorporating London], Skidmore’s Halfpenny for the Aborted Viewing of the Dutch Prizes at the Nore, 1797, laureate bust of George III right, rev. to commemorate his majesty, etc, edge grained, 8.80g/12h (DH 943; BHM 421; Hawkins p.100). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare £60-80

This piece commemorates an event that never happened. Although the King left Windsor for Greenwich on 30 October in order to join the Royal Charlotte to proceed to the Nore, adverse weather, which continued the following day, prevented him from getting beyond Woolwich. In the event the review was postponed