Obv: Bust facing left, ROBERT BIRD WILKINS around. Rev: An antique ship, ISLE OF WIGHT HALFPENNY around, 1792 below. Edge: PAYABLE AT HIS OFFICE NEWPORT.
Good Extremely Fine. Choice brown.
Robert Bird Wilkins was an ironmonger, brazier, tinplate worker, and coal merchant. Very difficult to find well-struck and uncirculated. Manufactured by Mainwaring.