Obv: A man-of-war sailing right, THE GUARD & GLORY OF G' BRITAIN. Rev: Shield of arms of the Cinque Ports, DEAL HALFPENNY TOKEN. 1794. Edge: PAYABLE AT RICHARD LONG'S LIBRARY .X.
UNC. Soft strike in center of rev.
Richard Long was a bookseller and ran a library in town. The Cinque port towns were Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich. They formed the coastal defense of southeast England.