Hertfordshire 1795 1/2 penny token D&H-4

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Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73476
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This specimen was lot 73476 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Hertfordshire. Stortford. Jackson's Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1795. NGC MS-63 Brown. Edge: PAYABLE AT BISHOPS STORTFORD. This Choice, chestnut brown specimen features a view of the river with barges in it along with a crested coat-of-arms of Sir George Jackson."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-4.

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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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