Thomas Hall, Copper Halfpenny, 1795 (D&H Middlesex 319c)

Thomas Hall, Copper Halfpenny, 1795  (D&H Middlesex 319c)

Thomas Hall, Copper Halfpenny, 1795 (D&H Middlesex 319c)

Obv: A toucan on a branch with the head facing right. Around the perimeter TO . THE . CURIOUS . OBSERVERS . OF . NATURAL . PHAENOMENA .  Large toucan. The beak extends below the O of OBSERVERS and the lower branch to the left points to the A of PHENOMENA. 

Rev: An inscription in four lines  THE 1ST ARTIST IN EUROPE. Around the perimeter T . HALL . PRESERVER . OF . BIRDS . BEASTS . OR . REPTILES. CITTY . ROAD . NEAR . FINSBURY . SQUARE. 

Edge: Milled  (Conder p.88, 157; Pye p.30, 4; Virt p.28; Atkins p. 95, 230c; D&H Middlesex 319c)

Choice, lustrous, brown and faded red uncirculated.

 

 

$295.00