Rooks Queens Bays Dragoon Barracks Norwich Halfpenny 1793

John Rooks’ Norwich (Norfolk) copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1793. Obverse: Mounted dragoon presenting sabre galloping left with legend: “PRO REGE ET PATRIA”, “QUEENS BAYS”. Reverse: Front view of Norwich Barracks with a walled parade ground and entrance gates, a guard house on the left and railings outside with legend: “NORWICH BARRACKS 1793”. Edge inscription: “PAYABLE AT JOHN ROOKS NORWICH .XXXX.”. John Rooks was a timber merchant and carpenter with a business in Fishgate Street, Norwich. Nice collectable condition, see photograph.

D&H Norfolk No: 47. Diameter 29mm. VF+. £25.00

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