Warwickshire (1790) half penny token D&H-125
This specimen was lot 74899 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Warwickshire, Birmingham. Uniface 1/2 Penny Copper Token, ND (ca. 1790). PCGS MS-63 Brown. RARE trial piece with bust right, SAMUEL GARBETT around. Reverse blank, with engrailed edge and diameter of 28mm. Pleasing, even brown patina on both sides, with some bright mint red in the protected areas. From the Richard Margolis Collection." Wikipedia comments, "Samuel Garbett (1717– 5 December 1803) was a prominent citizen of Birmingham England, during the Industrial Revolution, and a friend of Matthew Boulton."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: D&H-125.
- 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, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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