1794 - Thomas Hardy, ½ Penny Middlesex Composition Copper Weight 7.98 g Diameter 28 mm Tried For High Treason , T. HARDY, 1794 Acquitted By His Jury Counsel HON. T. ERSKINE V. GIBBS ESQR Zie mijn inzending !! "Verenigd Koninkrijk - Herdenkingsmunt - 1794" !! === Erskine And Gibbs AND TRIAL BY JURY=== The 1794 Thomas Hardy Halfpenny Token is a historical copper "Conder" token minted to commemorate the acquittal of radical reformer Thomas Hardy on charges of high treason Hardy, a shoemaker and founder of the London Corresponding Society, was targeted by William Pitt the Younger’s government to suppress British radicalism during the French Revolution. Despite a grueling nine-day trial—the longest for high treason at that time—the jury acquitted Hardy on November 5, 1794. This result was celebrated as a victory for civil liberties against government overreach.