Anglesey 331, 1788 halfpennies. 25 acorns (Dalton & Hamer, page 379)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Fairly common
4 acorns at Tie. A long spur on right leaf-stem pointing outward.
331. O: A Druid's head within a wreath of oak. Similar. The double acorns spring
from stem close to top of leaf.
R: Cypher P M Co, date 1788 above it. THE ANGLESEY MINES HALFPENNY.
1 under first limb of second N. Date further from legend.
After the illustration had been printed it was found that a mistake had been made
in the cast used for this reverse.
No. 331, common.
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