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Country: Middlesex, Great Britain
Type: Token
Year: 1796
Value: 1/2 Penny = 1/24 Shilling (1/480 LSD)
Grade: VF/F
Composition: Copper
Weight: 7.4 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Currency: Conder Token (1787-1797)
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: DH# 79; Atkins# 52
Obverse:
Ornate rendering of St. George on horseback slaying the dragon. Denomination around and date in exergue.
Note: similar issue without spines on dragon's neck is listed under DH#80.
Lettering:
PROMISSORY - HALFPENNY
1796
Engraver: Thomas Willets.
Reverse:
Man-of-war sailing ship with a large salmon below. Anepigraph.
Note: similar issue without stern lamp on ship is listed under DH#80
Engraver: T. Willets
Edge:
Incuse legend.
NOTE: varieties exist.
Lettering: PAYABLE AT S, SALMONS I COURTNEY & E FROST PORTSEA X
Comments:
A group of Licensed Victuallers (S. Salmon kept the 'Brown Bear', John Courtney the 'George' and Edward Frost the 'Ship') evidently experienced difficulty in getting Regal Copper coin and thus acted in conjunction to meet the occasion.
Reference : DH# 79; Atkins# 52
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...
Collection : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens