1793/2 Ship Halfpenny. Musante GW-20, Baker-18, W-10855. Copper. Lettered Edge. AU-58 (PCGS).Warmly patinated and inviting medium brown surfaces reveal splashes of crimson red along the left obverse border and within some of the ships rigging. Boldly defined for the type with trivial rub and only small, wispy marks confirming light handling. The portrait of Washington used on this type is attributed to John Gregory Hancock, one of Englands most accomplished die-sinkers and engravers of his day.From the Collection of Larry L. Terrell. Acquired from Early American Numismatics, February 1993.
