| Issuer | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1794 |
| Type | Token |
| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Conder tokens (1787-1797) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 9.13 g |
| Dimensions | 28.2 mm |
| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Thomas Wyon the Younger |
| In circulation to | 1797 |
| Reference(s) | DH#36, Batty#3707 |
| Obverse description | Bust of John Howard in profile to left, legend around, toothed border. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | IOHN HOWARD F.R.S.
HALFPENNY. (Translation: John Howard, Fellow of the Royal Society) |
| Reverse description | Beaded circle containing a female (Benevolence) seated on an urn right. Left arm has a laurel branch resting on it. Right hand raised in pointing to a barred window, directing her messenger left. He is a semi-nude figure with flowing scarf, running towards the prison to open a gate, holding a key in his raised right hand. In foreground are some urns, and in the sky is radiating lettering. Lettering outside circle with a small ornament below, toothed border |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL * GO FORTH |
| Edge | Plain with incuse lettering. |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND (1794) - DH#36 - PAYABLE AT ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL - ND (1794) - DH#36 g - Milled edge - ND (1794) - DH#36a - PAYABLE AT DUBLIN OR LONDON .+.+. - ND (1794) - DH#36b - PAYABLE AT HENRY OLIVERS + - ND (1794) - DH#36c - PAYABLE AT LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL - ND (1794) - DH#36d - PAYABLE AT LONDON OR DUBLIN - ND (1794) - DH#36e - MASONIC HALPENNY TOKEN MDCCXCIV - ND (1794) - DH#36f - CURRANT EVERY WHERE - ND (1794) - DH#36h - Plain edge, not in collar - |
| Catalog ID | 7962520080 |
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