Middlesex 720, Spence's (Dalton & Hamer, page 168)

Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Fairly common
720.  O: An ass bearing two pairs of paniers, labelled "RENTS" and "TAX'S".
         I WAS AN ASS TO BEAR THE FIRST PAIR. * Same obv. for 
         Nos. 707-715, as rev. of No. 706.
      R: A lion dismayed at a cock crowing. LET TYRANTS TREMBLE AT THE CROW OF
         LIBERTY. Ex.: 1795. As No. 685.
      E: SPENCE X DEALER X IN X COINS X LONDON X

720a. E: SKIDMORE HOLBORN LONDON (Addenda, page 543).

No. 720, fairly common.

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