The Washington Ship Halfpenny of 1793

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1793        Baker 18                       Washington Ship Halfpenny

Obverse:  WASHINGTON PRESIDENT .
Reverse:  HALFPENNY   1793
Edge:  PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL · X ·

Weight:  161.8 g   (10.49 grams)                  Diameter:  30.4 mm

Comments:  Listed by Fuld as WA.1793/2.1 and by Dalton and Hamer as, Middlesex, Political and Social Series, no. 1051. This example uses the obverse die from the Washington Small Eagle Cent (Baker 15) but the letters were recut in the die. Note that these letters usually have straight serifs but on Baker 15 the serifs are frequently curved with a notch in the center. This example is a late state after the dies clashed. The reverse is buckeled with the rim area at "HALF" in the legend curved inward. Also the overdating is not apparent; as Breen states, the overdating 1793/2 cannot be seen in examples after the dies clashed. This example also had a planchet void and a few fissure cracks at the bottom of the central mast.

Provenance:  From the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Collection.

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