Warwickshire 1791 half penny token D&H-34
This specimen was lot 32509 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Warwickshire. Birmingham. Copper Penny Token, 1791. PCGS MS-64 Brown. Obverse: Winged and serpentine Monster of Sedition carrying flag with phrygian cap; four imps flying around (three of which are suckling from her numerous teats); Reverse: A snake basking in long grass; the sun's rays above. Alluding to the Birmingham riots of 1791 as well as the second anniversary of the French Revolution, this specimen is no doubt one of the finest that one will encounter, and remains exceptional[ly] popular on account of its haunting imagery."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D&H-34; BHM-360.
- 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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- Lancashire 1791 half penny token D&H-140, Rochdale
- Warwickshire 1791 half penny token D&H-160, P. Kempson
- Wiltshire 1791 1/2 penny token D&H-12, Salisbury
- Worcestershire 1791 half penny token D&H-27, Kidderminster
- Yorkshire 1791 1/2 penny token D&H-17, Jonathan Garton & Co.
- Shropshire 1793 half penny token D&H-19, Shrewsbury
- Staffordshire 1793 half penny token D&H-13A, Leek
- Warwickshire 1793 half penny token D&H-50 Birmingham
- Coins and currency dated 1791