Middlesex (1790) half penny token D&H-984

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Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74897
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This specimen was lot 74897 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. 1/2 Penny, ND (1790s). NGC AU-58 Brown. Obverse: Bust left, DUKE OF YORK around; Reverse: Female figure standing right, leaning against column, GOD SEND PEACE around. A deep chocolate brown patina graces this Token, with relatively few marks in the fields. A slight die clash is evident on the obverse."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: Copper, 10.7 g, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: D&H-984.

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. reprinted 2015 by Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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