Middlesex 1788 penny token D&H-186
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This specimen was lot 74894 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. White Metal Penny Token, 1788. George III. PCGS AU-58. Obverse: Bust of George III right, GOD SAVE THE KING around; Reverse: Bust of William III right, CENTENARY OF THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION around. A wholesome Token with no notable marks and traces of bright luster in the protected areas." Thousands of varieties exist and Conder tokens are their own collecting speciality.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: white metal (an indeterminate mix of antimony, tin, lead and zinc).
Catalog reference: D&H-186.
- 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.
Link to:
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