Lancashire 76, Liverpool (Dalton & Hamer, page 74)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Fairly common
Liverpool 1791. Straight 1's in date.
76. O: A ship sailing. LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY. The mast points between, but it is
just below, the line of L and H. No period.
R: A period at the end of legend. (Same as No. 77, 78.)
E: PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLARKE . X . X .
No. 76, common.
For readily tracing the dies of the 1791 series, the straight 1's and curved 1's
in the date are divided, the proper edge reading coming first. The straight 1's
are arranged with and without the period on the obverse, and by the position of
the top of mast-head to the letter L of legend, commencing with the top of mast-
head to the centre of L.
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