Hertfordshire 1796 half penny token D&H-2
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This specimen was lot 41869 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Hertfordshire. St. Albans. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1796. PCGS MS-66 Brown. Plain edge." While Hereford is on the Welsh Marches, Hertfordshire is directly to the north of London.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D&H-2.
- 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, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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