Shropshire 8, Coalbrook Dale (Dalton & Hamer, page 223)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Very rare (RR)
8. 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. The 1's slope to the right. IRON BRIDGE AT
COALBROOK DALE 1792.
R: A man working a machine. INCLINED PLANE | AT KETLEY | 1789. In three lines
under. The 1 of date slopes to right, and there is a period after the date,
as well as KETLEY.
No. 8, RR.
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