Warwickshire 1792 half penny token D&H-231

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, lot 43190

This specimen was lot 43190 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $156. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Warwickshire-Coventry. 1/2 Penny Token, 1792. NGC MS-62 BN. Lady Godiva on horseback. Minor planchet defect in center of reverse. Well struck with lovely silky chocolate patina throughout with traces of original mint red in the protected areas." This is one of the earlier Conder tokens, whose issue peaked a few years later. It is common and numerous varieties exist.

Specification: copper, lettered edge.

Recorded Mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: D&H-231.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
• 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.

Links to:

• Warwickshire 1788 half crown token D&H-1, Birmingham
• Lancashire 1791 half penny token D&H-140
• Lancashire 1792 half penny token D&H-127A, Manchester, John Fielding
• Lancashire 1792 half penny token D&H-149, Rochdale
• Middlesex 1792 half penny token D&H-928
• Norfolk 1792 half penny token D&H-28, Norwich, Dunham & Yallop
• Norfolk 1792 half penny token D&H-45, Norwich
• Nottinghamshire 1792 half penny token D&H-8, Nottingham, Donald & Co.
• Shropshire 1792 half penny token D&H-9, Coalbrookdale, iron bridge
• Warwickshire 1792 half penny token D&H-389, Wilkinson's
• Coins and currency dated 1792