Somersetshire 33, Bath (Dalton & Hamer, page 230)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Scarce
33. O: The arms, supporters, &c. of the City of Bath. W. GYE PRINTER & STATIONER
BATH 1794. Bends added on the shield of arms.
R: A female seated, directing a boy with a key to open the prison doors.
GO FORTH radiated, the whole within a beaded circle. REMEMBER THE DEBTORS
IN ILCHESTER GOAL. Similar to last, but the end of the boy's robe, which
floats over his shoulder, does not go so high; there is a period and a
trefoil instead of the quatrefoil.
E: PAYABLE AT W. GYE'S PRINTER BATH X . X
No. 33, scarce.
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