Middlesex 1793 half penny token D&H-1106a

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Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 40591
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This specimen was lot 40591 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Spence's Copper Farthing Token, 1793. PCGS MS-65 Red Brown. Edge: Plain. Obverse: Man hanging on gibbet, church in background, END OF PAIN around; Reverse: Open book, THE WRONGS OF MAN above. A SCARCE issue from the popular 'End of Pain' series, and in enticing Gem preservation, with ample red copper color remaining. From the Richard August Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-1106a.

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, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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