Somersetshire 1795 half penny token D&H-107

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Steve Album Auction 53, lot 3130

This specimen was lot 3130 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $70. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN: AE halfpenny token, 1795, Moggeridge & Joyce, the Dunkirk Factory, hanging fleece over M&J cypher, "SUCCESS TO THE STAPLE OF ENGLAND." // factory building, "DUNKIKRE FACTORY 1795", small stain on fleece, Unc."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-Somersetshire 107.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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