Middlesex (1790-94) half penny token D&H-342
This specimen was lot 44651 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $149. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Ibberson's Copper 1/2 Penny Token, ND (ca. 1790). PCGS MS-63 Brown. Obverse: St. George killing the dragon, boar at top; Reverse: Four lines of text within a wreath." Christopher Ibberson was the proprietor of this famous old hostelry in High Holborn in the West End of London. It was originally just called the "Blue Boar" and was a starting point for coaches heading North, and the tokens themselves advertise “Mail and Post Coaches to all parts of England”. Ibberson himself must have been a considerable businessman, as the records of the Old Bailey show him twice sitting on the Middlesex Grand Jury: in 1790, and again in 1792.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: D&H-342.
- 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, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
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