Essex 20, Dunmow (Dalton & Hamer, page 32)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Rare (R)
20. O: Shield of arms. MAY DUNMOW PROSPER. 1793. The D of "DUNMOW" has been cut
in the die retrograde, then altered.
R: Two busts. LOUIS XVI ET M. ANTOINETTE &c. With the date 17-95 at side.
See Not Local.
E: SKIDMORE HOLBORN LONDON.
20a. R: Milled.
Issued by Skidmore, for sale to collectors.
No. 20 is from the same die as No. 19, after same had been softened and
the date added. (Compare the marks of die corrosion and defective letters).
No. 20, RR. No 20a, R.
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