Frederick Fisher, Eastbourne Copper Halfpenny, 1796 Obv A view of a house. Around the perimeter FISHER'S LIBRARY and below AND LOUNGE 1796 Rev An inscription on five lines PROSPERITY TO THE GENTRY WHO VISIT EAST - BOURN. An ornament above and below the inscription. Edge CELEBRATED FOR PURE AIR & SEA BATHING . + . + . (Conder p.152, 11; Pye p.18, 1; Virt p.180; Atkins p. 198, 20; D&H Sussex 21)
From a mid- to late-state of the obverse die. The reverse with a planchet flaw, otherwise AU.
Frederick George Fisher, (d. 1846) bookseller, stationer, librarian; later an auctioneer and publisher.