England, Somerset, Bath, issued by William Gye, engraver: Thomas Wyon the elder (1767–1830), manufactured by William Lutwyche at his works in Birmingham, undated (struck 1794 AD.),
Halfpenny Token (ø 28-28,5 mm / 8,51 g), copper, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 0°),
Obv.: IOHN HOWARD F.R.S. / HALFPENNY. , bust of John Howard facing left.
Rev.: REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL (rosette) / GO FORTH , a female figure, the personification of Benevolence, seated facing left, a variety of vessels at her feet and beside her. She is holding a laurel-branch in her left arm and pointing towards a building with a barred window (representing the Ilchester Prison) directing the small figure of a cherub or a child carrying a key to open the prison doors. "GO FORTH" in small letters emanating amid rays from the sky above the small figure..
Edge: plain with incuse inscription: "PAYABLE AT LONDON OR DUBLIN • + • + • + • -- "
Dalton & Hamer 36d .
struck in the name of John Howard, who was an expert in prisons and published the book "The State of the Prisons in England & Wales" in 1777
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