Middlesex 1801 half penny token D&H-428

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Goldberg Sale 139, lot 1150
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This specimen was lot 1150 in Goldberg Sale 139 (Los Angeles, June 2024), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Middlesex. Halfpenny Token, 1801. Pidcock's Zoo. Lion with dog on his back. Reverse: Zebra. Brown. Rare. Pop 1; The only example graded at PCGS. This coin is photo in the PCGS Pop Report. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Ex Goldberg Sale 34, Feb 7, 2006, lot 2708. The Peh Collection Part II."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-428.

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]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg Sale 139: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, featuring the Peh Family Collection, Part II, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2024.

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