Advertising piece. County Durham, Sunderland, ND, circa 1860, obverse; WEST OF ENGLAND HOUSE D. HILL & Co. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS DRAPERS HOSIERS CLOTHIERS HATTERS OUTFITTERS CONTRACTORS SHIPPERS &c., NORTH SHIELDS, reverse; NORTH SHIELDS NEWCASTLE & SUNDERLAND, D. HILL & Co. THE CHEAPEST GOODS IN ALL ENGLAND ESTABLISHED 1825, small floral decorations at l. and r., milled edge, 34mm, 9.00g, brass, Hawkins p.917, #7, VF.
Reference; R.N.P. Hawkins, A Dictionary of Makers of British metallic tickets, checks, medalets, tallies, and counters
, A.H. Baldwin, 1989.
