Advertising Token Sir Samuel Hannays, Coin from Great Britain - detailed information

This coin was issued in Great Britain.

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The popularity of venereal therapy is shown by the token of Samuel Hannay, who proclaimed that for 10/6d. one could purchase the only infallible preventive of a certain disease. This token portrays a rhinoceros, symbolic of 17th-century apothecaries and used in their crest, and also shows the medicinal use of the horn and is possibly associated with the symbol of cuckoldry.

Sir Samuel made his preventive discovery in 1750 and established a pharmaceutical business in 1762. In 1844 the descendant company published an almanac listing the patent medicines and perfumes sold by the company, including many items for the skin and scalp.

In his life he squandered vast sums of money and died in 1790, leaving debts o f£200,000.Denomination : Advertising Token