Warwickshire 1788 half crown token D&H-1

Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73906

This specimen was lot 73906 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Warwickshire. Birmingham. Brass 1/2 Crown Token, 1788. PCGS AU-53. Obverse: Old man crouching right upon cane, receiving alms from woman kneeling left; child around each of them; Reverse: Cypher." This is a very unusual denomination for a Conder token, which were largely half penny tokens.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-1.

Sources:

• 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, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

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