Brighton Camp, Copper Halfpenny, 1794 Obv A bust of the Prince of Wales in profile to right. Around the perimeter GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES . Period after WALES, the period some distance from the waistcoat. Extent of hairline between the E of PRINCE and the O of OF. Rev The crest of the Prince of Wales and motto ICH DIEN. HALFPENNY . above, 1794 below. No period after HALFPENNY Edge BRIGHTON CAMP HALFPENNY . X .X . X . X . (Conder p.151, 3; Pye p.9, 10; Virt p.76; Atkins p. 196, 3; D&H Sussex 2)
D&H suggests that the original impression of the dies for Sussex 2-5 is that of Sussex 39, placing that in Winchelsea as opposed to Brighton. It is unclear if Richard Maplesden was the issuer of all the variants.
From a later state of the reverse die. Nice uncirculated.