Middlesex 833, Spence's (Dalton & Hamer, page 175)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Fairly common
833. O: A man hanging on a gibbet with a church in the distance. END OF PAIN.
With angular support to gibbet and milled border. The gallows is
smooth, and the man's legs hang straight down. The vane on top of
church points to the second limb of the A.
R: An open book, inscribed THE WRONGS OF MAN JANY 21 : 1793.
E: Milled.
833a. E: Plain (not in collar). This is struck on small flans.
No. 833, fairly common.
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