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1/2 Penny Somerset – Bath / W. Gye
Issuer United Kingdom Year 1794 Type Emergency coin Value 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) Currency Conder tokens (1787-1797) Composition Copper Weight 9.12 g Dimensions 29 mm Thickness 1.2 mm Shape and Technique Round Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓ Engraver(s) Thomas Wyon the Younger In circulation to 1797 Reference(s) DH# 33
Obverse description Arms of the City of Bath with date below Obverse script Latin Obverse lettering W. GYE PRINTER & STATIONER BATH
1794 Reverse description Beaded circle containing a seated female (Benevolence) right directing her messenger left to open a prison gate. In foreground are some urns, and in the sky is radiating lettering Reverse script Latin Reverse lettering REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN ILCHESTER GOAL
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GO FORTH Edge Plain with lettering Mint Mintage 1794 - - 41 200 Catalog ID 2486968370 Comments
