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Middlesex
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Guest's Patent Boots & Shoes (DH 308)

Obv:

Royal arms, supporters, and crest. GUESTS PATENT BOOTS & SHOES

Rev:

A boot, shoe, and lady's slipper. NO. 9 . SURREY ST. BLACK FRIARS . ROAD . HALFPENNY 1795

Edge:

PAYABLE AT LONDON . + . + . + . + . + .

Notes:

Guest went out of the shoe business and became a "chemist". He came up with something called Guestonian Medicine. I can't find much information on his Guestonian Medicine but I believe he was considered a "quack" by the medical community of the day.

Tokens in this category (by D&H #): Middlesex - 246 | 276 | 308 | 315c | 323 | 336a | 345f | 353 | 362b | 467 | 473 | 715

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