Obverse: Advertising legend in five lines above street number (No 79).
Legend: BASIL BURCHELL * LONGACRE *
Reverse: Advertising legend in seven lines.
Legend: BASIL BURCHELL CUTTING-TEETH
Anodyne Necklace / Sugar Plumbs for Worms Advert.
Denomination: Burchell Halfpenny Token
References: Dalton & Hamer 265 (scarce!).
Material: White Metal
Diameter: 29 mm
Weight: 7.26 gm
Basil Burchell was well-known not only for his Worm medicine (which was for getting rid of worms, not for making worms feel better, in case you were wondering) but also for the famous Anodyne Necklace, supposed to soothe teething babies.