Middlesex 1792 half penny token D&H-928

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Goldberg sale 93, lot 2166
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This specimen was lot 2166 in Goldberg sale 93 (Los Angeles, September 2016), where it sold for $141. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain.- Middlesex. Halfpenny Token, 1792 NGC PF62 BR. London and Middlesex. Bust of Shakespeare left. NGC graded Proof 62 Brown." This is one of the earlier Conder tokens, whose issue peaked a few years later. Edge varieties exist.

Specification: Copper, 11.67 g, 31.25 mm diameter.

Recorded Mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: D&H-928.

Source:

  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 93: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 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.

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