Norfolk 1796 half penny token D&H-6b
This specimen was lot 44658 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $244. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Norfolk. Blofield. Mint Error -- Cud Die Break -- Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1796. PCGS MS-64 Brown. Obverse: A mounted dragoon facing left; Reverse: Group of weapons and musical instruments. From the John P. Burnham Collection." The reverse of this token was muled with a Talbot, Allum & Lee cent obverse to create a notorious rarity in the American colonial series. The Blofield Cavalry was a militia unit formed during one of the panics in England when many feared a French invasion. It was incorporated into the Royal Army as part of the Norfolk Yeomanry and survived as a unit until after World War Two.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D&H-6b.
- 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.
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