Middlesex 363. Mail Coach. Æ halfpenny. 8.71 gm. 29 mm. 1797. A mail coach pulled by four galloping horses; MAIL COACH HALFPENNY PAYABLE IN LONDON around; TO TRADE EXPEDITION & TO PROPERTY PROTECTION below / TO J. PALMER . ESQ THIS IS INSCRIBED AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR BENEFITS RECED FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MAIL COACHES. Uncirculated; lustrous and prooflike, even brown tone, early reverse die failure.

The Dr. Harry Salyards Collection. Ex Bowers & Merena 1995.