Anglesey 1787 penny token D&H-5
This specimen was lot 40239 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $4,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Wales. Anglesey. Parys Mine Co. Silver Penny Token, 1787. PCGS PROOF-62. Wreath with 30 acorns (18 to left, 12 to right). An EXTREMELY RARE offering in silver, this nearly-Choice proof issue presents enchanting iridescence upon each side, all while a delightful gunmetal gray nature highlights as the backdrop. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This specimen was offered again as lot 75162 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $2,520.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen struck in silver.
Catalog reference: D&H-5 note.
- Conder, James. An arrangement of Provincial Coins, tokens, and medalets issued in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies, within the last twenty years, from the farthing to the penny size. Ipswich: G. Jermyn, 1798.
- Dalton, Richard, and Samuel H. Hamer. The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century. 1910-1917. reprinted 2015 by Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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- Coins and currency dated 1787