Yorkshire 1812 shilling token D-9

from the Marathon collection

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. Wikipedia comments, "Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, ...and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Noted for its racing and railway history, it is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. It had a population of 87,455 at the 2021 census."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 4.61 g.

Catalog reference: Yorkshire D-9.

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.

Link to:

• Berkshire 1811 18 pence token D-4, Reading, I. B. Monck
• Cheshire 1811 shilling token D-1, Nantwich
• Cornwall 1811 shilling token D-7, Launceston, Pearse, Ching, Nicols and Procktor
• Devonshire 1811 shilling token D-19, Teignmouth, I. Holland
• Dorsetshire 1811 6 pence token D-29, Shaftesbury
• Dorsetshire 1811 shilling token D-21, Shaftesbury
• Flintshire 1811 shilling token D-3
• Hampshire 1811 shilling token D-35, Portsmouth
• Middlesex 1811 half penny token D-65, Thomas Wood Auctioneer
• Middlesex 1811 shilling token D-28, London, Robert Warren
• Norfolk 1811 shilling token D-15, Yarmouth, J. Hunton's
• Norfolk 1811 shilling token D-16, Yarmouth, F. R. Reynolds
• Norfolk 1811 shilling token D-17, Yarmouth, F. R. Reynolds
• Northamptonshire 1811 shilling token D-5, Peterborough, Cole & Co.
• Northamptonshire 1811 18 pence token D-3, Peterborough, Cole & Co.
• Somersetshire 1811 shilling token D-23, Bristol, payable at Garratt, Terrell, Bird, Beck & Grigg
• Staffordshire 1811 penny token, Bilston Royal Exchange
• Staffordshire (1814) 2 pence token, John Henrickson
• Staffordshire 1811 shilling token D-2, Bilston, Rushbury and Woolley
• Staffordshire 1811 shilling token D-8, Fazeley, P·H & Co.
• Staffordshire 1811 shilling token D-14, Stafford
• Sussex 1811 shilling token D-11, Chichester
• Warwickshire 1811 shilling token D-8, Birmingham workhouse
• Warwickshire 1812 shilling token D-17, Birmingham workhouse
• Yorkshire 1811 shilling token D-77, York
• Yorkshire 1812 half penny token D-150, Sheffield, Horatio Nelson
• Yorkshire 1812 shilling token D-32, Leeds workhouse
• Yorkshire 1812 shilling token D-35, Scarborough, Lord & Marshall
• Coins and currency dated 1812