Scarce Liverpool Shield & Britannia Mule Halfpenny 1794

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Scarce Liverpool (Lancashire) copper mule Conder halfpenny token dated 1794. Obverse: Cormorant in shield surmounted by another, both holding seaweed in beaks, with bulrushes either side: “DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT 1794”. Reverse: Britannia seated to left holding spear and leaning on shield: “RULE BRITANNIA 1794”. Plain edge. Listed in Dalton & Hamer as “SCARCE”. Reasonable collectable condition for type with usual die flaw on reverse, see photograph.

D&H Lancashire No: 126. Diameter 27mm. F-. £18.00

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