OBVERSE:
Bust to right.
Lettering: FRED . DUKE OF YORK . HALFPENNY . 1795 .
REVERSE:
A large man-of-war sailing to the right.
Lettering: THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND
EDGE: Lettering: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON .+.+.
Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), was the second son of the king George III, who appointed him Commander in Chief in 1795. In 1809, he resigned this appointment as result of a scandal caused by the activities of his mistress. In 1811, he was reinstated and played a great part as a back-scene administrator in organising the Wellington's victories in Portugal and Spain.
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