½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp, United Kingdom

½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp, United Kingdom, 1797 obverse image½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp, United Kingdom, 1797 reverse image
½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp coin main info

Main information

  • Country:
    United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • Years of Minting:
    1797
  • Period:
    n/a
  • Coin Type:
    Token
  • Shape:
    Round
  • Technique:
    n/a
  • Mint:
    n/a
½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp Reference Price

Reference Price

n/a

The actual value of the coin may differ depending on its condition, luster, rarity, and other factors. This is a rough estimation.

½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp Coin Design

Coin Design

Reverse

Description:

Legend across seven horizontal lines

Engraver:

Thomas Wyon the Elder

Designer:

n/a

Obverse

Description:

King Nautilus, standing right (on sea chariot drawn by two sea-horses behind and to the right) with a wreath of laurel held in the right hand, while his left grasps a symbolical trident, crowning Admiral Sir John Jervis - in uniform and bare headed seated on a rock with his left arm folded across his chest, and holding a scroll in his right hand. Background of sea.

Engraver:

Thomas Wyon the Elder

Designer:

n/a

Edge

Description:

Plain with incuse legend

½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp Lettering

Lettering

Obverse:

Reverse:

Sr. JOHN JERVIS WITH 15 SAIL PURSUED & DEFEATED THE SPANISH FLEET OF 27 SAIL OF THE LINE FEBRUARY 14th 1797

½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp Physical Feature

Physical Feature

Composition

Copper

Size

½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp sizes
  • Weight:10 g
  • Diameter:29 mm
  • Thickness:n/a
  • Edge:n/a

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