Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H-985a

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Jean Elsen sale 163, lot 1679
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This specimen was lot 1679 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €120 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"GRANDE-BRETAGNE, Token, Middlesex, Cu halfpenny, 1795. National series. D/ FRED. DUKE OF YORK B. à g. R/ THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND Navire voguant à g. Tranche: PAYABLE AT LONDON OR DUBLIN. (Great Britain, Middlesex, copper half penny token of 1795, National series. Obverse: bust left; reverse: ship sailing left, lettered edge. Extremely Fine - Uncirculated.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D.& H. 985a.

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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

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