Shropshire 1793 half penny token D&H-19
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This specimen was lot 32508 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Shropshire. Shrewsbury. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1793. PCGS MS-62 Brown. Quite appealing and charming, this near-Choice 1/2 Penny displays good details, with soft chocolate brown appeal." Shrewsbury is the county seat of Shropshire, origin of the famous sheep breed. A woolsack is depicted on the reverse. This is the first token we have posted from this shire.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D&H-19.
- 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. reprinted 2015 by Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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