82 DORSET TOKENS AND MEDALS. 



POOLE. 



2. obv : " R. Allen, ironmonger. Poole. 1797." Within a 



dotted circle the badge of the Prince of Wales ; 

 " 75 " below, in an oval. 

 rev : " Poole halfpenny payable in Dorsetshire and Devon. 



1797," in six lines. 

 edge: Engrailed. 



3. obv : As No. 2. 



rev : " Halfpenny payable in Dorsetshire." Within a circle 

 of leaves "R A" in cipher characters. "1797." 

 (Plate I.) 

 edge : As No. 2. 



4. obv : As No. 2. 



ry : An Anchor in a sunk oval within a border of rope 



pattern. 



Nos. 2 to 4 are by P. Skidmore. 



In 1798 Richard Allen was Lieutenant of the Artillery 

 Volunteers, a corps then recently formed in Poole. In 1784 

 Elizabeth Allen and Son traded as anchor smiths, which suggests 

 the origin of the reverse of No. 4. 



5. obv : A female figure holding an anchor and cable, and an 



oval shield inscribed ". Ja". Bayly, draper, Poole," 

 in 4 lines. 



rev : "Prosperity to the Town of Poole, 1795." On a 

 carved shield the Arms of the borough. (Plate I., 

 rev : only.) 



edge : " I promise to pay on demand one half penny." 

 The edge is sometimes milled. (See note as to the Arms on 

 No. 16.) 



6. obv : and rev : as No. 5, but much smaller, for a farthing. 

 edge : milled, sometimes plain. (Plate I., obv : only.) 



Nos. 5 and 6 were engraved by Arnold and struck by W. 

 Lutwyche, J. Bayly was in Poole before 1790, and voted as 

 a freeholder at the election of 1807. 



