Kent 1794 half penny token D&H-20
This specimen was lot 32499 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Kent. Faversham. Crow's Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1794. PCGS MS-63 Brown. Edge: PAYABLE AT IOHN CROWSS COPPER SMITH x x. Displaying a soft chocolate brown luster, with strong details and rich eye appeal throughout. A piece fully deserved of many excited bids." Faversham is a market town in Kent, England, population 19,316 as of 2011.
Wikipedia comments, "The confederation of Cinque Ports is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one outlier (Brightlingsea) in Essex. The name is Old French, meaning "five harbours", and alludes to the original five members (Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich). At its peak in the Late Middle Ages, the confederation included over 40 members." Faversham was a "limb" of Dover.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D&H-20.
- 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, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
Link to:
- Kent 1794 1/2 penny token D&H-16A, William Pitt the Younger
- Kent 1794 half penny token D&H-34, Lamberhurst
- Kent 1794 half penny token D&H-35, Lamberhurst
- Coins and currency dated 1794