Anglesey 1791 penny token D&H-255

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75811

This specimen was lot 75811 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Wales. Anglesey. Amlwch. Parys Mine Co. Copper Penny Token, 1791. NGC MS-61 Brown. Obverse: Druid's head within wreath; Reverse: Legend surrounding initials and date."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-255.

Sources:

• 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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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