Obv: Bust facing left, EARL HOWE & THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE. (around). Rev: Female seated, RULE BRITANNIA around, 1795 in exergue. Edge: EMSWORTH HALFPENNY PAYABLE BY IOHN STRIDE X.
Uncirculated. Red & brown. Sharp strike and Choice.
A mule honoring Lord Earl Richard Howe. He used an ingenious new system of signaling other ships at sea, which enabled him to sail his fleet past the French ships on the ‘Glorious first of June’.