Middlesex 906, Summer's (Dalton & Hamer, page 180)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Rare (R)
906. O: The head of a wild man, full face. A WILD MAN HEAD FROM THE LAND OF
JESSO TO BE SEEN AT * (Same as No. 905).
R: A cypher R . S . DEALER IN CURIOSITIES &c. in a scallop shell.
SUMMER'S MUSEUM No. 24 OLD CAVENDISH STREET OXFORD STREET . PAINTINGS
BOUGHT SOLD AND EXCHANGED . 1797. Similar to No. 905, but the cypher
is larger, the first stroke of the S crosses the top of R, and nearly
touches the C of "CURIOSITIES." The A of "AND" comes under the IS of
"CAVENDISH."
In some specimens the period after "&c." is either missing or very faint.
No. 906, R.
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