Warwickshire 1811 shilling token D-8

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from the Marathon collection
Birmingham 1811 shilling token rev Marth.jpg

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. This token was struck for the workhouse in Birmingham; conditions there were grimmer than anything described in Dickens' novels.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Warwickshire D-8.

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.

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