Masonic Halfpenny, 1794 (D&H Middlesex 370a) Obv The Freemasons' Arms and supporters, crest a bird upon a sphere. AMOR HONOR ET JUSTITIA on a ribbon below. Around the perimeter 24 NOV 1790 PRINCE OF WALES ELECTED GM. + The bird's head under the O of OF; the supporters ribbed; no punctuation after NOV; quatrefoil under the arms. Rev A cupid and Masonic emblems within a triangle. Around the three sides of the triangle, WISDOM STRENGTH & BEAUTY. Around the perimeter SIT LUX ET LUX FUIT No period after FUIT. Within the triangle, the rays are formed of alternative lines and lines of dots, and which descend below the arm and robe of the cupid. Edge MASONIC TOKEN I. SCETCHLEY FECIT 1794 X (Atkins p. 101, 262a; D&H Middlesex 370a)
Struck from a very late state of the obverse die.