Lancashire 1792 half penny token D&H-149

Goldberg sale 84, lot 4245

This specimen was lot 4245 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $199.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain - Lancashire. Halfpenny, 1792. Rochdale. Edge: PAYABLE IN LONDON. NGC graded MS-64 Red & Brown." This is one of the earlier Conder tokens, whose issue peaked a few years later.

Specification: copper.

Recorded Mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: D&H-149.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.
• 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.

Links to:

• Lancashire 1791 half penny token D&H-140
• 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 1/2 penny token D&H-29, John of Gaunt
• Lancashire 1792 half penny token D&H-127A, Manchester, John Fielding
• 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