Lancashire 80, Liverpool (Dalton & Hamer, page 75)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Very rare (RR)
Liverpool 1791. Straight 1's in date.
80. O: A ship sailing. LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY. Top of masthead further from L.
R: Rushes longer.
E: PAYABLE AT LIVERPOOL LONDON OR BRISTOL.
No. 80, RR.
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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