Essex (1808) half penny token

Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1287

This specimen was lot 1287 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $105.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN: AE ½ penny token, Walthamstow, British Copper Company, founded in 1808, BRUTUS, bare head left // Britannia seated left within wreath, much red original luster, About Unc." Walthamstow, formerly in the county of Essex, is now part of Greater London. The date we have assigned to this issue, 1808, is a mere guess.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: W-624.

Source:

• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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