England, Shropshire, 18th Century copper Halfpenny, smoothed, engraved WINES & SPIRITS/ BY / BOWYER/ LUDLOW in four lines on one side, reverse blank, Scott# 30.3, Brunk-50545, Fine.
References; J. Gavin Scott, British Countermarks on Copper and Bronze Coins
, Spink & Son, 1975, and Gregory G. Brunk, Merchant Countermarks on World Coins
, World Exonumia Press, 1989.
