Staffordshire 4 (scarce). Stafford. Copper penny. 19.64 gm. 33 mm. 1801. Arms of the borough of Stafford; STAFFORD above, 1801 below / W H cypher (Horton), a Staffordshire knot below; PENNY above. Edge: PAYABLE BY HORTON AND COMPANY. Bell 3. Davis 96. Uncirculated; choice, lightly toned with exceptional surfaces; slight die break on reverse at the right tip of the knot as well as some slight indications of die rust on the reverse die. (It seems probable that the obverse die for 3 was discarded and a new obverse die was made but the original reverse die was not replaced).
Wikipedia has a fascinating article on the "Stafford knot." Myth has it that it began when a hangman challenged by the need to hang three criminals devised this as an "all-at-once" solution. Later discussion is less grisly. A later speculation suggests it as an imported Celtic Christian symbol brought by monks from Lindisfarne. In any event, by the 15th century the knot had become (and continues to be) a symbol of Stafford.