Hampshire 1789 shilling token D&H-1
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This specimen was lot 44617 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Hampshire. Basingstoke. John Pinkerton/Mynd's Copper Shilling Token, 1789. George III. PCGS MS-63 Brown Gold Shield. 'Basingstoke Canal', '7' of date is punched over '8'. A sharply struck Token with dark brown patina and no distracting marks."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D&H-1.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
- 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.
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