View source for Wicklow 1789 half penny token D&H-51A

[[Image:SB824-46488o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46488]]
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This specimen was lot 46488 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Trade Tokens. Ireland. Wicklow. Cronebane. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1789. PCGS MS-63 Brown." Cronebane was the site of copper mines in county Wicklow in the 1780's. [[Ireland|Irish]] trade tokens are much less plentiful than those of England.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' copper. 

''Catalog reference:'' D&H-51A.

''[[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. reprinted 2015 by Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA.
* <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:''
* [[Devonshire 1789 half penny D&H-8]]
* [[Hampshire 1789 shilling token D&H-1]] John Pinkerton
* [[Middlesex 1789 penny token D&H-177]], St. Paul's
* [[Middlesex 1789 half penny token D&H-930]] St. Pauls
* [[Wicklow 1789 half penny token D&H-18]], Cronebane
* [[Dublin 1794 1/2 penny token D&H-309]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1789]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale]]