Shropshire 6, Coalbrook Dale (Dalton & Hamer, page 223)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Rare (R)
6. O: View of a bridge. Similar to last, but with a vessel sailing under the
bridge, and the following legend above it in three lines: ERECTED |
ANNO. 1779 | SPAN 100 FT HEIT. 50 FT. The outer legend as before, but dated
1792. Similar to No. 5, but not from the same die.
R: A man working a machine. INCLINED PLANE | AT KETLEY | 1789. In three lines
under. The top of I in date slopes to right, the 9 under centre of L.
(Same as No. 3).
No. 6, R.
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