½ Penny (Somerset - Bath / John Howard) Coin

½ Penny (Somerset - Bath / John Howard)

Country: United Kingdom
Denomination: 1/2 Penny (1/480)
Year: (1794)
Material: Copper
Weight: 9.13 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 28.2 mm
Type: Token
Catalog list: united kingdom

Description:

Obverse

Bust of John Howard in profile to left

Reverse

Beaded circle containing a seated female (Benevolence) right; laurel branch on left arm, directing with right arm her messenger (holding a key in his right hand) left to open a prison gate. In foreground are some urns, and in the sky is radiating lettering

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