Devonshire 1792 half penny token D&H-6

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74823

This specimen was lot 74823 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Devonshire. Plymouth. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1792. PCGS MS-62 Brown. Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co. A pleasing example of this token issue. Nice brown patina and well-presented industrial scenes on each side."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-6.

Source:

• 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, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• Devonshire 1789 half penny D&H-8, Plymouth
• Devonshire 1792 half penny token D&H-2, Exeter
• Hampshire 1792 half penny token D&H-46, Newport
• Lancashire 1792 1/2 penny token D&H-29, John of Gaunt
• Lancashire 1792 half penny token D&H-127A, Manchester, John Fielding
• Lancashire 1792 half penny token D&H-149, Rochdale
• Middlesex 1792 half penny token D&H-928
• Norfolk 1792 half penny token D&H-28, Norwich, Dunham & Yallop
• Nottinghamshire 1792 half penny token D&H-8, Nottingham, Donald & Co.
• Shropshire 1792 half penny token D&H-9, Coalbrookdale, iron bridge
• Warwickshire 1792 half penny token D&H-231, Coventry, Lady Godiva on horseback
• Devonshire 1801 2 pence token D-21, Teignmouth, Spurn Point Lighthouse
• Coins and currency dated 1792