Liverpool Halfpenny Token (Ship/Coat of Arms, Numista 17518)

CONDER TOKEN, Lancashire. Liverpool

CU Halfpenny Token (30.35mm, 12.09g, 6h)

Dated 1791

Obverse: LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY, Man o' war under sail to right, wreath below

Reverse: DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT, Coat of Arms of the city of Liverpool (a cormorant in shield surmounted by another, both holding seaweed in beaks, with bulrushes either side), date below

On edge: PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLARKE . X . X .

Numista 17518

Worn with some edge damage. Dark blue-green patina.

Sammlung : World coins - medieval to present