Staffordshire D&H 3 Stafford Unofficial Most likely a specious token

Most likely a specious token

Underlying red in fields

1795 HALFPENNY below

The hospital was later moved to Steelhouse lane and there is now a blue plaque commemorating the original building

Staffordshire D&H 3 Stafford Unofficial Most likely a specious tokenObv: Arms of Stafford, STAFFORD above, 1801 below. Rev: A cypher W H, Staffordshire knot below. Edge: PAYABLE AT HORTON AND COMPANY. Uncirculated and sharply struck. Signs of old cleaning but mostly retoned. Penny. Scarce. The reverse cypher W H refers to William Horton, who built a factory for boot and shoe manufacturing in Stafford. The obverse shows Stafford Castle, built in Norman times. The Staffordshire knot probably dates to the middle ages and