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Great Britain - 1793
½ Penny
(D & H 1034 - Middlesex, Political and Social Series)
Obverse -
Bust of Sir Isaac Newton, facing left
Legend -
S
R
ISAAC NEWTON
Reverse -
A caduceus, an olive branch and cornucopia.
Legend -
HALFPENNY
Exergue -
1793
Edge: engrailed
Size, 28 mm.
Just about everyone of any fame was commemorated by the British merchant tokens of the 1790s.
D & H 1034 - Sir Isaac Newton
O:
Similar to last, but without the dot under the small R of "SR".
R: and E:
A. 127
As No. 1033