Shropshire 7, Coalbrook Dale (Dalton & Hamer, page 223)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Very rare (RR)
7. O: View of a bridge. Similar to last, but with a vessel sailing under the
bridge, and the following legend above it in three lines: ERECTED |
ANNO. 1779 | SPAN 100 FT HEIT. 50 FT. The outer legend as before, but dated
1792. (Same as No. 6)
R: A man working a machine. INCLINED PLANE | AT KETLEY | 1789. In three lines
under. The 1 of date slopes to left in the ordinary way, and there is a
period after KETLEY.
No. 7, RR.
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