Staffordshire 1811 shilling token D-2

from the Marathon collection

This token is not considered a Conder token, being issued after Conder wrote his book, but is often included with them as part of the vast array of British private tokens issued before the Royal mint was reformed in 1816. Wikipedia comments, "From the middle of the 18th century, Bilston became well known for the craft of enamelling. Items produced included decorative containers such as patch-boxes, scent boxes, and bonbonnieres. With the opening of the Birmingham Canal to the west of the town in 1770, industrial activity in the local area increased, with the first blast furnaces near the canal at Spring Vale being erected by 1780."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Staffordshire D-2.

Source:

• Dalton, Richard, The Silver Token Coinage Mainly Issued between 1811 and 1812 Described and Illustrated, 1922.
• James O’Donald Mays, Tokens of those Trying Times, A Social History of Britain's 19th Century Silver Tokens, Burley, Hampsire, UK: New Forest Leaves, 1991.
• Paul and Bente Withers, The Token Book, British Tokens of the 17th, 18th & 19th Centuries and Their Values, Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales: Galata Print, Ltd, 2022.

Link to:

• Berkshire 1811 18 pence token D-4, Reading, I. B. Monck
• Cheshire 1811 shilling token D-1, Nantwich
• Cornwall 1811 shilling token D-7, Launceston, Pearse, Ching, Nicols and Procktor
• Devonshire 1811 shilling token D-19, Teignmouth, I. Holland
• Dorsetshire 1811 6 pence token D-29, Shaftesbury
• Dorsetshire 1811 shilling token D-21, Shaftesbury
• Flintshire 1811 shilling token D-3
• Hampshire 1811 shilling token D-35, Portsmouth
• Middlesex 1811 half penny token D-65, Thomas Wood Auctioneer
• Middlesex 1811 shilling token D-28, London, Robert Warren
• Norfolk 1811 shilling token D-15, Yarmouth, J. Hunton's
• Norfolk 1811 shilling token D-16, Yarmouth, F. R. Reynolds
• Norfolk 1811 shilling token D-17, Yarmouth, F. R. Reynolds
• Northamptonshire 1811 shilling token D-5, Peterborough, Cole & Co.
• Northamptonshire 1811 18 pence token D-3, Peterborough, Cole & Co.
• Somersetshire 1811 shilling token D-23, Bristol, payable at Garratt, Terrell, Bird, Beck & Grigg
• Staffordshire 1811 penny token, Bilston Royal Exchange
• Staffordshire (1814) 2 pence token, John Henrickson
• Staffordshire 1811 shilling token D-8, Fazeley, P·H & Co.
• Staffordshire 1811 shilling token D-14, Stafford
• Sussex 1811 shilling token D-11, Chichester
• Warwickshire 1811 shilling token D-8, Birmingham workhouse
• Warwickshire 1812 shilling token D-17, Birmingham workhouse
• Yorkshire 1811 shilling token D-77, York
• Yorkshire 1812 half penny token D-150, Sheffield, Horatio Nelson
• Yorkshire 1812 shilling token D-9, Doncaster, Mirfin & Parker
• Yorkshire 1812 shilling token D-32, Leeds workhouse
• Coins and currency dated 1811