½ Penny Somerset - Bath / John Howard, United Kingdom

½ Penny Somerset - Bath / John Howard, United Kingdom, 1794 obverse image½ Penny Somerset - Bath / John Howard, United Kingdom, 1794 reverse image
½ Penny Somerset - Bath / John Howard coin main info

Main information

  • Country:
    United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • Years of Minting:
    1794
  • Period:
    n/a
  • Coin Type:
    Token
  • Edge:
    Plain with lettering
  • Shape:
    Round
  • Technique:
    n/a
  • Mint:
    n/a
½ Penny Somerset - Bath / John Howard 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 Somerset - Bath / John Howard Coin Design

Coin Design

Reverse

Description:


Beaded circle containing a female (Benevolence) seated on an urn right. Left arm has a laurel branch resting on it. Right hand raised in pointing to a barred window, directing her messenger left. He is a semi-nude figure with flowing scarf, running towards the prison to open a gate, holding a key in his raised right hand. In foreground are some urns, and in the sky is radiating lettering. Lettering outside circle with a small ornament below, toothed border

Engraver:


Thomas Wyon the Younger

Designer:


n/a

Obverse

Description:


Bust of John Howard in profile to left. Lettering around, toothed border

Engraver:


Thomas Wyon the Younger

Designer:


n/a

Edge

Description:


Plain with lettering

½ Penny Somerset - Bath / John Howard Lettering

Lettering

Obverse:


IOHN HOWARD F.R.S. HALFPENNY.

Reverse:


REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL * GO FORTH

½ Penny Somerset - Bath / John Howard Physical Feature

Physical Feature

Composition

Copper

Size

½ Penny Somerset - Bath / John Howard sizes
  • Weight:9.13 g
  • Diameter:28.2 mm
  • Thickness:1.2 mm
  • Edge:n/a
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