Nottinghamshire 9, Nottingham (Dalton & Hamer, page 221)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Untraced
9. O: DONALD & CO | STOCKING | MANUFACTURERS | WHOLESALE & | RETAIL. In five lines
within an oval. PROMISSORY HALFPENNY PAYABLE AT NOTTINGHAM OR. Similar, the
small M nearly touches the OR and the latter touches the oval. (Same as
No. 8).
R: A man working at a loom. NO 29 BULL STREET. Ex.: BIRMINGHAM 1792.
No. 9, RRR. It was not traced.
Nos. 9 and 10 are of extreme rarity (if not unique), and are in all probability
trial pieces of a new die, struck upon reverse which came to hand. The centre of
No. 9 is engraved in the only specimen known.
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