Description
Admiral Lord Nelson, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Token Penny, commemorating the Battle of the Nile, 1798, issuer uncertain, bust left with short hair, rev., IN MEMORY OF THE ACTION OFF THE NILE AUGT I 1798 / TAKEN 9 SAIL OF THE LINE, 3 DISTROYED, edge, I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE PENNY (DH 8). Good extremely fine, with much redness, very rare.
The Battle of the Nile took place east of Alexandria, in Aboukir Bay, on the night of 1 August 1798, the victory giving Britain complete command of the Mediterranean.
