Obv: (sexfoil)WILL:HALL.TOLEMAN.OF , around beaded inner circle, man with a staff.
Rev: (sexfoil)DONCASTER.BRIDG.YORKSHIRE , around beaded inner circle, HIS HALF PENNY 1669 in four lines.
M Dickinson 73.

This was communicated by William Sheardown, Esq., of Doncaster. He says:"It was found at Bentley, in which parish half the bridge is situate; probably the toll-gate was on the Bentley side."It interesting being issued by a tollman; only two other examples are known. See Stilton and Nottingham. Turnpikes were established about this period.

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