Show RARE COIN GIVEN Ti TiA TO DESERET MUSEUM I A George I. I halfpenny b bearing date datt of 1723 belonging to tho the Wood halfpenny halfpenny half half- penny series which was found by DeLysle Monson 1 while digging in the yard ard of the Mormon mission house I 23 West One Hundred and Twenty Twenty- sixth street New York has been added to the Deseret museum collection collection collection tion of old and rare are coins The Wood halfpennies were coined I not by bv the British government but by Iy William Wililam Wood un under r royal patent I in Ireland The first firt issue was vas in 1722 and was wan attacked by Dean Swift with his characteristic bitter I ness as OS an Imp Imposition on the Irish I people The coins were legal however however how how- ever and were better in mintage than I the coins produced by the govern mont ment |