Jonathan Dennis, Copper Halfpenny, 1795 (D&H Middlesex 297b)

Jonathan Dennis, Copper Halfpenny, 1795 (D&H Middlesex 297b)

Jonathan Dennis, Copper Halfpenny, 1795 (D&H Middlesex 297b)

Obv: A wheatsheaf, 1795 below. Around the perimeter BAKERS HALFPENNY.  

Rev: An inscription on eight lines TO LESSEN THE SLAVERY OF SUNDAY BAKING AND PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC WANTS: AN ACT WAS PASSED. A.D. 1794.  

Edge: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON  (Atkins p. 93, 214b; D&H Middlesex 297b)

Choice uncirculated and lustrous. 

Jonathan Dennis, baker, with a shop at 24 Tottanham Street, London.

$150.00