Référence : DH# 468
Catégorie : Etranger
Forme : Rond
Diamètre : 30,6
Axe des coins : 6h
Tranche : Lisse
Métal : Cuivre
État : B
Année : 1795
Avers : Allégorie de la Fortune debout sur une roue entre deux roues de loterie
Titulature avers : NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING HAVE ; En exergue : 1795
Revers :
Titulature revers : AT THE OFFICES OF / RICHARDSON GOODLUCK & Co / No / 12807 / THE LAST PRIZE OF / £30000 / SHARED / WAS SOLD IN SIXTEENTHS
Remarque : Richardson, Goodluck & Co. were stockbrokers and lottery-office keepers with a business at No. 104 Bank Building, Cornhill in the City, and at No. 8 Charing Cross in the West End of London. Goodluck was an old country woman who was made a partner purely for the use of her name. She received a payment of £50.00 per year and had no further interest in the firm. The Prize of £30,000 mentioned, was secured by the Ticket No.12807 in the State Lottery drawn 20 March 1792. The ticket had been divided and sold to different people, and was shared as stated in sixteenths.