Lancashire 1792 half penny token D&H-127A

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Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73858
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This specimen was lot 73858 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Lancashire. Manchester. John Fielding's Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1792. PCGS MS-63 Brown. Obverse: Coat-of-arms, with camel and griffins as supporters; Reverse: Facade of the East India House."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-127A.

Sources:

  • 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, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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