Anglesey 5, 1787 pennies (Dalton & Hamer, page 329)
Denomination: penny, scarcity: Common
5. O: Druid's head in a wreath of oak. Thirty acorns in wreath, eighteen to
left and twelve on the right. Same for Nos. 4-5.
R: A monogram cypher, P M Co. WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ONE PENNY 1787.
Letters are larger, and the first 7 points to the first limb of E.
There is a dot over o of Co.
E: ON DEMAND IN LONDON LIVERPOOL OR ANGLESEY.
No. 5 was struck in collar. Proofs of this were also struck in silver and
copper gilt.
No. 5, common.
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