Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H-807a

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Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 44654
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This specimen was lot 44654 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $317.20. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Spence's Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1795. NGC MS-65 Brown. Obverse: Two heads conjoined, legend around; Reverse: Lion walking left with rooster sitting on hill, legend around, date below. Edge: PAYABLE IN LONDON."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, 30 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: D&H-807a.

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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

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