Middlesex 1801 farthing token D&H-1073
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This specimen was lot 44657 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $463.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Pidcock's Copper Farthing Token, 1801. NGC MS-64 Red Brown. Obverse: Wanderow monkey; Reverse: Pelican." This token was issued a little after the fad for Conder tokens, which ended about 1796.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: D&H-1073.
- 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.
Link to:
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