Middlesex 497, Skidmore's (Dalton & Hamer, page 151)

Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Excessively rare
497.  O: Two men at a forge. MANUFACTORY . & . IRON-FOUNDRY . CLERKENWELL *
         Ex.: 1795. Same for Nos. 494-509, as rev. of No. 480.
      R: Bust to left of DAVID GARRICK. ESQR.
      E: Milled over SKIDMORE HOLBORN LONDON.

497a. E: Milled.
497b. E: Plain.

Nos. 480a-519, are with few exceptions exceedingly rare. 497b was not traced.

Keywords

manufactory,iron-foundry,clerkenwell,1795,david garrick esqr

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