Advertising piece. County Durham, Sunderland, ND, circa 1860, obverse; D. HILL & CO. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS DRAPERS HOSIERS TAILORS SHIPOWNERS SHIPPERS OUTFITTERS &c, reverse; NEWCASTLE NORTH SHIELDS & SUNDERLAND, WEST OF ENGLAND HOUSE THE CHEAPEST GOODS IN ALL ENGLAND ESTABLISHED 1825, plain edge, 34mm, 11.10g, brass, Hawkins p.917, #8, GVF, spot.
Reference; R.N.P. Hawkins, A Dictionary of Makers of British metallic tickets, checks, medalets, tallies, and counters , A.H. Baldwin, 1989.