Gloucestershire 1797 half penny token D&H-62
This specimen was lot 1680 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €85 (about US$98 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GRANDE-BRETAGNE, Token, Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Cu halfpenny, 1797. The Canal Co. D/ SUCCESS TO THE TRADE & COMMERCE Vue de la ville depuis la rivière Severn. À l'ex., OF GLOCESTER R/ GLOCESTER & BERKELEY CANAL Navire voguant à g. À l'ex., ACT OBTAIND. Tranche: PAYABLE AT GLOCESTER. (Great Britain, Gloucestershire, Gloucester, copper half penny token of 1797, the Canal Company. Obverse: view of Gloucester from the river Severn; reverse: ship sailing left, lettered edge. Extremely Fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D.& H. 62.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
Link to:
- Gloucestershire 1796 half penny token D&H-25, Badminton, "CORN IMPORTED BY GOVERNMENT"
- Gloucestershire 1795 half penny token D&H-60, Thames and Severn Canal
- Ayrshire 1797 half penny D&H-3
- Buckinghamshire (1797) half penny token D&H-16, Aylesbury
- Hampshire 1797 half penny token D&H-61, Portsmouth
- Kent 1797 half penny token D&H-41, M. Snow
- Middlesex 1797 penny token D&H-7
- Middlesex 1797 penny token D&H-81, London & Westminster Series, Bank of England
- Middlesex 1797 penny token D&H-127, Skidmore's, Kew Palace
- Middlesex 1797 quarter penny token D&H-1150
- Somersetshire 1797 half penny token D&H-114, Bath. Lambe & Son
- Warwickshire 1797 half penny token D&H-280, Coventry, White Friars Gate
- Warwickshire 1797 half penny token D&H-291, Coventry, Drapers Hall
- Warwickshire 1797 half penny token D&H-297a
- Scotland Angusshire 1797 farthing token D&H-42, Dundee, Trades Hall
- Scotland Angusshire 1797 half penny token D&H-21, Dundee, St. Andrew's Church
- Scotland Perthshire 1797 half penny token D&H-1, Perth
- Coins and currency dated 1797