½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp obverse
Obverse
½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp reverse
Reverse
Very Rare

½ Penny Hampshire - Portsmouth / Thomas Sharp

CountryUK Year1797 Denom½ Penny MintRoyal Mint MetalCopper Melt ~£0.10
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Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Year1797
Denomination½ Penny
Face value1p
MintRoyal Mint · Llantrisant
CirculationCirculating
Demonetised1831
CompositionCopper
Weight10.000g
Diameter29.0mm
ShapeRound
Grade scaleUK (EF/UNC)
Obverse

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.

Reverse

Legend across seven horizontal lines Script: Latin

Copper content
Gross troy oz 0.3215
Purity unknown, melt value is approximate
Melt value (approx) £0.10

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