Norfolk 1792 half penny token D&H-28

Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73883

This specimen was lot 73883 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Norfolk. Norwich. Dunham & Yallop's Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1792. PCGS MS-64 Brown. Obverse: Civic coat-of-arms of Norwich; Reverse: Facade of Dunham & Yallop's storefront."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-28.

Sources:

• 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, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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• Lancashire 1792 half penny token D&H-149, Rochdale
• Middlesex 1792 half penny token D&H-928
• Norfolk 1792 half penny token D&H-45, Norwich
• Nottinghamshire 1792 half penny token D&H-8, Nottingham, Donald & Co.
• Shropshire 1792 half penny token D&H-9, Coalbrookdale, iron bridge
• Warwickshire 1792 half penny token D&H-231, Coventry, Lady Godiva on horseback
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