½ Penny (Somerset - Bath / John Howard) 1794 – 1794 United Kingdom

🏛️ Ідентифікація монети

Назва: ½ Penny (Somerset - Bath / John Howard)
Назва валюти: 0.0020833333333333 Фунт
Емітент: United Kingdom (royaume-uni)
Правитель: -
Роки випуску: 1794 – 1794
Тип: Стандартний обіговий
Стан: Демонетизований

⚙️ Технічні характеристики

Метал: Copper
Вага: 9.13 г
Діаметр: 28.2 мм
Форма: Round
Техніка: Milled
Орієнтація: Монетна
Гурт: Plain with incuse lettering. Note: varieties exist (see below) (PAYABLE AT ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL)
Монетний двір: -

🔹 Аверс

Опис: Bust of John Howard in profile to left, legend around, toothed border.
Надпис:
IOHN HOWARD F.R.S.
HALFPENNY.

🔸 Реверс

Опис: 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
Надпис:
REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL *
GO FORTH