Robert Bird Wilkins, Commercial Halfpenny, 1792 (D&H Hampshire 46)

Robert Bird Wilkins, Commercial Halfpenny, 1792 (D&H Hampshire 46)

Obv:A male bust to left. ROBERT BIRD WILKINS above. 

Rev:An antique ship under sail to left. Around the perimeter ISLE OF WIGHT HALFPENNY 1792 

Edge: PAYABLE AT HIS OFFICE NEWPORT   (Conder p.41, 12; Pye p.24, 9; Virt p.68; Atkins p. 38, 26; D&H Hampshire 46)

Near gem uncirculated. Quite difficult to find this nice.

Robert Bird Wilkins, (1756-1809), ironmonger, brazier, and tinplate ttadesman in Newport; later as a plumber, gunsmith, and warehouseman in London.