Middlesex 1790 half penny token D&H-785
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This specimen was lot 6569 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Middlesex-Thomas Spence. 1/2 Penny, 1790. PCGS MS-65 BN Secure Holder. Bust left, 'D. MENDOZA' above; Reverse: Two men boxing, legend around, date in exergue. Unusual choice quality with attractive glossy brown patina highlighted by original mint red amongst the devices. From the Michael Druck Collection." This is one of the earlier Conder tokens, whose issue peaked a few years later.
Specification: copper.
Recorded Mintage: unknown.
Catalog reference: DH-785.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
- 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.
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