Rosa Americana Half-Penny, 1722.
Obverse: Laureated head of King George I, facing right. Legend: “GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX.”
Reverse: A full double rose; from this project five barbed points. Legend: “ROSA AMERICANA UTILE DULCI 1722” which encircles the piece. Border, beaded; edge, plain; “Bath Metal;” size, 16 to 18; weight, 139 grains.
Devices: Same as those of the Penny of this coinage. Legends: Same import as those upon the Penny, but varied by abbreviations and in punctuation. Border, beaded; edge, plain; “Bath Metal;” size, 13 to 14; weight, 75 grains.
Liber Natus Libertatem Defendo—First.
Reverse: Arms of the State of New York. Upon an oval shield at the center is shown the sun rising from behind a range of hills, the sea in the foreground; left of the shield, Justice, with sword and scales; right, Liberty, with staff and cap. Upon a hemisphere, above the shield, stands an eagle, wings outspread, facing right. Exergue: 1787; beneath this, next the border, “EXCELSIOR.” Border, serrated; edge, plain; size, 17; weight, 157 grains.
PLATE V.
Maryland Penny. Half Cent. 1847. Rosa Americana Half Penny. 1722.
Liber Natus Libernatum Defendo. First. Granby or Higley Token. 1737. Liber Natus Libernatum Defendo. Second.