1/2 Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp

€89,731.00
IssuerUnited Kingdom
Year1797
TypeToken
Value1/2 Penny (1⁄480)
CurrencyConder tokens (1787-1797)
CompositionCopper
Weight10 g
Dimensions29 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Orientation
Engraver(s)Thomas Wyon the Elder
In circulation to1797
Reference(s) DH#65, Atkins#42
Obverse descriptionKing Nautilus, standing right (on sea chariot drawn by two sea-horses behind and to the right) with a wreath of laurel held in the right hand, while his left grasps a symbolical trident, crowning Admiral Sir John Jervis - in uniform and bare headed seated on a rock with his left arm folded across his chest, and holding a scroll in his right hand. Background of sea.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse descriptionLegend across seven horizontal lines
Reverse script
Reverse letteringSr. JOHN JERVIS WITH 15 SAIL PURSUED & DEFEATED THE SPANISH FLEET OF 27 SAIL OF THE LINE FEBRUARY 14th 1797
EdgePlain with incuse legend
Mint
MintageND (1797)  - -
Catalog ID3157976240
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