Yorkshire 1795 half penny token D&H-63

Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 44665

This specimen was lot 44665 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $195.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Yorkshire. York. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1795. PCGS MS-64+ Brown. Obverse: View of cathedral; Reverse: View of castle and drawbridge. From the John P. Burnham Collection." Clifford's Tower, shown on the reverse is a part of the Norman era York Castle. Wikipedia comments, "After a major explosion in 1684 rendered the remaining military defences uninhabitable, York Castle continued to be used as a jail and prison until 1929."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-63.

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, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

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