Lothian 1796 half penny token D&H-19

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43396
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This specimen was lot 43396 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Lothian, Edinburgh-Harrison's. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1796. PCGS MS-64. Ex: Mermaid Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H 19.

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 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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