Obv: Bust to right, *HANDEL* INSTRUMENTS TUN'D & LENT TO HIRE around. Rev: A harp in a radiated circle, DODD'S CHEAP SHOP FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NEW STREET DOVENT GARDEN around. Edge: Plain (not in collar).
Gem Uncirculated. Mostly red and struck on thick flan. Rare thus. Ex. Bobbe, ex. Means.
An advertising ticket for Thomas Dodd, a maker of musical instruments in Covent Garden. The music of Handel would form the soundtrack for much of Georgian England. Handel died in 1759 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.