Herefordshire 1796 penny token D&H-2
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This specimen was lot 1089 in Jean Elsen sale 122 (Brussels, September 2014), where it sold for €165 (about US$253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GRANDE-BRETAGNE, Token, Herefordshire, Hereford, Cu Milton's penny, 1796, Droit: Taureau boutant à gauche au-dessus de ses chaînes brisées. Revers: Un pommier et une charrue dans une couronne de chêne. Superbe. (Great Britain, Herefordshire, Milton's penny of 1796. Obverse: a bull charges to left, trampling broken chains; reverse: an apple tree and plow in an oak wreath. Extremely fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 17,86 g.
Catalog reference: D&H-2.
- [1]Philippe Elsen et al., Vente Publique 122: Collection de monnaies chinoises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S. A., 2014.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1794 guinea
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- Gloucestershire 1796 half penny token D&H-25, Badminton, "CORN IMPORTED BY GOVERNMENT"
- Hampshire 1796 half penny token D&H-79, Portsea
- Hertfordshire 1796 half penny token D&H-2, St. Albans
- Lothian 1796 half penny token D&H-19, Edinburgh, Harrison's
- Middlesex 1796 farthing token D&H-1123a, Skidmore's
- Middlesex 1796 half penny token D&H-299, Denton's
- Middlesex 1796 half penny token D&H-344, Spence's
- Middlesex 1796 half penny token D&H-751, Thomas Spence
- Middlesex 1796 half penny token D&H-838, Spence's
- Middlesex 1796 half penny token D&H-865a, Spence’s. John Thelwall
- Middlesex 1796 half penny token D&H-1111a Spence's
- Norfolk 1796 half penny token D&H-53, Yarmouth, Boulter's Exhibition
- Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-55, Birmingham
- Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-323, Stratford
- Coins and currency dated 1796
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