View source for Warwickshire 1788 3 shillings 6 pence token D&H-337

[[Image:SB824-40235o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 40235]]
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This specimen was lot 40235 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Warwickshire. Wilkinson's Silver 3 Shillings 6 Pence Token, 1788. PCGS AU-58. Barge type. A SCARCE silver issue with a greater nominal value than generally encountered for the series dominated by Penny and 1/2 Penny denominations, this pleasingly toned example presents only a light degree of handling across the high points. From the Richard Margolis Collection." Wikipedia comments, "John 'Iron-Mad' Wilkinson (1728 – 14 July 1808) was an English industrialist who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron and the use of cast-iron goods during the Industrial Revolution. He was the inventor of a precision boring machine that could bore cast iron cylinders, such as cannon barrels." We don't know why this odd denomination was selected.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' D&H-337 (R). 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Conder, James. ''An arrangement of Provincial Coins, [[Conder tokens|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024. 

''Link to:''
* [[Warwickshire 1787 half penny token D&H-359]], John Wilkinson
* [[Warwickshire 1788 half crown token D&H-1]], Birmingham
* [[Coins and currency dated 1788]]

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