Yorkshire 1791 1/2 penny token D&H-17

from Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71390

This specimen was lot 71390 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Yorkshire. Hull. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1791. NGC AU-58. Edge:PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF IONATHAN GARTON & CO. Deep violet-brown surfaces, with just the slightest degree of gentle handling upon the high points."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-17.

Source:

• 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, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Links to:

• Lancashire 1791 half penny token D&H-140
• Cheshire 1791 half penny token D&H-47, Macclesfield
• Cornwall 1791 half penny token D&H-2
• Hampshire 1791 half penny token D&H-89, Southampton
• Warwickshire 1791 half penny token D&H-34, Birmingham
• 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 1795 half penny token D&H-28A, Leeds
• Coins and currency dated 1791