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Description: | Copper alloy halfpenny token, 1795. Obverse: A profile bust of the Duke of York in naval uniform, facing right. Beneath is HALFPENNY 1795 in two lines. Legend: FRED. K DUKE OF YORK. Reverse: A first-rate ship-of-the-line sailing to the right. Legend: THE WOODEN WALLS OF ENGLAND. Edge: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON.+.+. Struck anonymously, for general circulation. Probably made in Birmingham. The original surfaces have largely been lost through corrosion. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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