Newmarket 1799 penny token commemorating the match race between Hambletonian and Diamond
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Enquire nowNewmarket, Wyon’s Penny Token, commemorating the famous match race between Hambletonian and Diamond at the 1799 Craven Meeting,
in bronze, the obverse struck with the two runners passing the judge, inscribed PENNY TOKEN, NEWMARKET and dated in Roman numerals 1799, the reverse inscribed CRAVEN MEETING, Sr. H V [Henry Vane] TEMPEST'S HORSE HAMBLETONIAN, RUN Mr. COOKSON'S HORSE DIAMOND OVER THE BEACON COURSE IN 9 MINUTES, BEING 4 M 1 FUR. 118 YDs., & WON BY HALF A NECK, MAR 26.