Middlesex 1797 penny token D&H-7

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Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 20303
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This specimen was lot 20303 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Middlesex. Bronzed Copper British Commercial Penny Token, 1797. NGC PROOF-65 Brown. Plain Edge. Obverse: Laureate bust right, legend around; Reverse: Britannia seated left on cannon, date in exergue. This lovely and nicely preserved specimen offers much originality with smooth flashy surfaces and frosty devices; the sharp strike produced crisp details of the intricate features of the expressive portrait and fine details on the reverse leaving nothing to the imagination. This fully original looking and seldom encountered survivor is quite attractive with all of the bronzing still intact adding to its desirability and appeal sure to be a welcome addition to the next collection it enters. Ex: Pittman Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-7.

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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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