Advertising piece. County Durham, Sunderland, ND, circa 1860, obverse; ESTABLISHED 1825 NORTH SHIELDS, D. HILL & Co. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS GENERAL DRAPERS OUTFITTERS SHIPPERS, reverse; NORTH SHIELDS SUNDERLAND, D. HILL & Co. MAKERS OF ALL KINDS OF FISHERMEN'S AND SEAMEN'S CLOTHING, milled edge, 33mm, 7.64g, brass, Hawkins p.917, #6, VF, light surface corrosion, near imperceptible flan twist.
Reference; R.N.P. Hawkins, A Dictionary of Makers of British metallic tickets, checks, medalets, tallies, and counters
, A.H. Baldwin, 1989.
