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1/2 Penny Cheshire - Macclesfield / William Pitt P.M.
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1792 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | A seated allegorical female figure, representing Industry or Minerva, faces left, holding a large spade or shovel in her left hand. Various mechanical implements and engineering tools, including a large cogwheel and what appears to be a set square, are arranged around her in the field, alluding to the industrial and mining trades of Macclesfield. The legend MACCLESFIELD HALFPENNY encircles the design, and the date 1792 appears in the exergue beneath the figure. |
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| Reverse description | A draped bust of William Pitt the Younger faces right, his hair dressed in the powdered style fashionable in the late 18th century, with a prominent queue visible at the nape. The legend WILLIAM. PIT. P.M. (abbreviating Prime Minister) surrounds the portrait, distributed evenly around the periphery of the flan. The portrait is rendered in a plain, unadorned style typical of provincial Conder token engraving of the 1790s. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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