1791 AD., England, Yorkshire, Hull, Halfpenny Token, D&H 17.

England, Yorkshire, Hull, 1791 AD.,
Æ Halfpenny Token (29-30 mm / 12,74 g),
Obv.: GULIELMUS TERTIUS REX / MDCLXXXIX, laureate equestrian figure of King William III in a toga and bearing a truncheon in his right hand.
Rev.: HULL HALFPENNY / 1791 , shield of arms of the town of Hull (three ducal coronets in pale) between crossed oak sprigs bearing acorns, with seven acorns to the right hand and eight to the left.
Edge: - PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF IONATHAN GARTON & CO .x.
D & H 17 .

Garton and Shackles were linen drapers in the Market Place in Hull.
The obverse is taken from the equestrian statue of William III standing near the south end of the Market Place. It was erected by public subscription in 1734, and was at first in a large square, but this took up too much space, and it was replaced by a close railing with four lamps placed around it. The statue was executed by Scheemaker. The pedestal bears the inscription: "This statue was erected in the year 1734 to the memory of King William III, our great deliverer."
The reverse presents the Arms of the town, originally known as Wyke-upon-Hull, and subsequently Kingstown, or Kingston-upon-Hull: incorporated by Edward I, and made a county of itself by Henry VI.
There are trifling variations in the dies used for this token. There are also several mules.