England - 1800

Dalton & Hamer and Bell disagreed on which side was which more often than they agreed. I made a coice.

Despite the denomination this is struck on flans the size and weight of a halfpenny. Earlier in Dalton & Hamer when describing the associated six pence is the following information:

These, also those for penny and halfpenny, were struck for the sole use of the boys of Christ's Hospital, and were known as "Housey-money." It was illegal for boys to make purchases outside the gates, or to retain possession of current coin; it was changed by one of the beadles.