Obv: A ship sailing right, LIVERPOOL . HALFPENNY above, laurel wreath below. Rev: Arms of Liverpool, DEUS NOBIS HAEC OTIA FECIT around, 1793 below and split by arms. Edge: PAYABLE AT ANGLESEA LONDON OR BRISTOL.
Good Extremely Fine and Choice brown.
A counterfeit of Thomas Clark’s commercial token. The liverbird featured on the reverse arms is actually a cormorant, a type of diving bird found on the coast of Liverpool.