Obv: Druid’s bust facing left, surrounded by oak leaf wreath, ribbon below. Rev: A cypher P M Co, 1790 above, THE ANGLESEY MINES HALFPENNY around. Edge: PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY OR LONDON (remainder engrailed).
Uncirculated and Choice brown. Ex. Spink (Cokayne?), ex. Deane. Rare.
One of Matthew Boulton’s Soho Mint trial druid halfpenny tokens and rare. The research of Dr. Doty concluded that the 380 was in the process of being struck when they finally got the self-ejecting collar to work. A historical moment in numismatics.