Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H-295
This specimen was lot 70773 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Middlesex, Davidson. 1/2 Penny Token, 1795. George III (1760-1820). PCGS MS-65 BN Secure Holder. Lady seated with sword in right hand and shield in left hand, legend above and date below; Reverse: Triangle in center with crown above and two hands holding onto triangle, legend around. Excellent strike with plenty of red in fields, a very attractive token." Numista comments, "T & R Davidsons were Pocket Book publishers with a business at 18 Sise Lane, Bucklersbury, London. Davidson was a supporter of Parliament during this period of political instability." This token comes with a lettered or plain edge.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 10.7 g, 30 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: D&H-295.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- 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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