Middlesex 497a ("Exceedingly rare"). Skidmore mule. Æ halfpenny. 9.19 gm. 30 mm. 1795. Two men at a forge; MANUFACTORY & IRON FOUNDRY CLERKENWELL around; 1795 below / Bust left; DAVID GARRICK ESQR around. Edge: Milled. Uncirculated; choice and almost prooflike; fine die polishing marks on obverse; early phase die break on reverse; single dark toning spot on obverse at last "R" in the legend. (Some die polishing to be expected with these oft-used obverse dies.)

The Dr. Harry Salyards Collection. Ex Shalowitz 1980. Ex Bobbe, 1996 ANA, Denver.