Yorkshire 37, Leeds. Brownbill's (Dalton & Hamer, page 324)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Fairly common
37. O: A bust of Bishop Blaze holding a wool-comb. SUCCESS TO THE YORKSHIRE
WOOLLEN MANUFACTORY. The top of the comb is in line with F, the teeth
come to the last limb of R. Knob under the centre of H.
R: A view of the Leeds Cloth Hall with trees showing in the distance. LEEDS
HALFPENNY. Ex.: 1793. Very nearly as No. 36, usually found with a flaw
at LE of "LEEDS."
37a. E: Plain.
No. 37, a, common. 37a was not traced.
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