Wiltshire 1791 1/2 penny token D&H-12

Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73920

This specimen was lot 73920 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Wiltshire. Salisbury. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1791. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. Obverse: Uniformed male bust left; Reverse: Cypher."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-12.

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.

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