Middlesex 835, Spence's (Dalton & Hamer, page 175)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Scarce
835. O: A man hanging on a gibbet with a church in the distance. END OF PAIN.
With angular support to gibbet and milled border. The gallows is
smooth, and the man's legs hang straight down. The vane on spire of
church points to the first limb of the A. Same as No. 834.
R: A number of combustibles intermixed with labels, issuing from a globe
inscribed "FRATERNITY." The labels are inscribed "REGICIDE,"
"ROBBERY," "FALSITY," "REQUISITION." FRENCH REFORMS 1797.
E: Plain.
And white-metal bronzed over (Addenda, page 544).
No. 835, scarce.
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