Lancashire 1792 1/2 penny token D&H-29

from Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71380

This specimen was lot 71380 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Lancashire. Lancaster. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1792. NGC MS-62 Brown. Obverse: Bust of John of Gaunt left; Reverse: Coat of Arms; Edge: 'PAYABLE IN LONDON'. Despite the brown designation, this example retains much mint red, and provides near-Choice details. Attractive, and certain to command bids on these merits."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-29.

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, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Links to:

• Devonshire 1792 half penny token D&H-2, Exeter
• Devonshire 1792 half penny token D&H-6, Plymouth
• Hampshire 1792 half penny token D&H-46, Newport
• 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
• Norfolk 1792 half penny token D&H-45, Norwich
• 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
• Lancashire 1793 half penny token D&H-107b, Liverpool
• Coins and currency dated 1792