Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H-315c

Goldberg sale 91, lot 2745

This specimen was lot 2745 in Goldberg sale 91 (Los Angeles, June 2016), where it sold for $235. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Halfpenny token, 1795 NGC MS65 RB. George III. Hall's London (Middlesex) Conder copper Penny token. Obverse dwarf standing: JEFFERY DUNSTAN MAYOR OF GARRAT. Reverse, text on 3 lines in centre and round periphery: NEAR FINSBURY SQUARE LONDON 1795, and TO BE HAD AT THE CURIOSITY HOUSE CITY ROAD. Jeffrey Dunstan, a travelling dealer in old wigs was elected Mayor of Garrat, a small village in Surrey. He was superseded by a muffin seller 'Sir' George Cook, and died from alcoholism in 1797. A rare token in this condition. Mint state with original color. NGC graded MS-65 Red & Brown."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen plain edge, 32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: D&H-315C.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 91: 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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