Hampshire 1792 half penny token D&H-46

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74824

This specimen was lot 74824 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. Hampshire. Isle of Wight. Newport. Wilkins's Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1792. NGC MS-63 Brown. Edge: PAYABLE AT HIS OFFICE NEWPORT. A glossy brown example, with some scattered darker hues in a few spots."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-46.

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.

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• Hampshire 1791 half penny token D&H-89, Southampton
• Devonshire 1792 half penny token D&H-2, Exeter
• Devonshire 1792 half penny token D&H-6, Plymouth
• 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
• Hampshire 1794 half penny D&H-15 Earl Howe
• Coins and currency dated 1792