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1/2 Penny Middlesex - National Series / Princess of Wales
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1795 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter draped bust of the Princess of Wales facing left, adorned with a pearl necklace and elaborate coiffure dressed with feathers and ornaments. The effigy is rendered in a late 18th-century engraving style with fine detail on the curled hair and lace-trimmed costume. The peripheral legend PRINCESS OF WALES curves around the upper and lower fields. |
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| Reverse description | The three ostrich feathers badge of the Prince of Wales, issuing from a coronet decorated with fleurs-de-lis and crosses, occupies the centre of the field. A scroll beneath the coronet bears the Welsh motto ICH DIEN. The legend HALFPENNY curves along the upper periphery, with the date 1795 incorporated in the lower field legend. |
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The Middlesex National Series conders were produced commercially by private token issuers to fill the near-total absence of regal copper coinage in late 18th-century Britain — the Royal Mint had effectively abandoned small denomination production for decades. DH#982 specifically references the Dalton-Hamer catalog attribution, the standard reference for this notoriously sprawling series of merchant and speculative tokens. Many Middlesex pieces were struck purely for sale to collectors rather than circulation, and the "National Series" issues fall squarely in that category — cabinet pieces from the start.