Æ 29mm diameter, 9.93 grams.  SAIL CANVAS MANUFACTORY Woman seated right, spinning, 1796 in ex.  Rv. PLYMOUTH HALFPENNY above and below man at loom.  Edge: PAYABLE AT SHEPHEARD DOVE HAMMETT & Co XX   DH 6.  Diagonal die flaw on reverse, some staining, otherwise EF with some original colour.

Shepheard, Dove Hammett & Co’s hemp and flax manufactory was founded by eight men as a philanthropic venture to give employment to the poor and to provide for the education and  clothing for indigent children.