Gilbert Pidcock, copper farthing. Obv An elephant standing to left. Around the perimeter * PIDCOCK'S * * EXHIBITION The rear foot aligns with the O of EXHIBITION. The engravers name JAMES appears below the elephant. Rev A cockatoo perched upon a tree branch. Around the perimeter EXETER CHANGE STRAND LONDON Edge Plain (Conder p.114, 365; Pye p.33, 3; Virt p.143; Atkins p. 143, 767a; D&H Middlesex 1067a)
Near gem uncirculated with a bit of faded color remaining.
Gilbert Pidcock, (1743-1810) owner and operator of a traveling menagerie and, later, of a permanent exhibition on The Strand, in London.