Nottinghamshire 1811 shilling token D-4

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Steve Album Auction 53, lot 3131

This specimen was lot 3131 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN: AR shilling token, 1811, Newark silver token, facade of Newark Town Hall with NEWARK SILVER TOKEN FOR ONE SHILLING around and "TOWN HALL / 1811" in exergue // T. STANSALL / CHAs MOOR / RICHd FISHER / Wm FILLINGHAM / Wm READETT / AND / T. WILSON. with THE CURRENT VALUE - PAYABLE IN CASH NOTES around, beautifully lustrous, a few hairlines, engrailed edge, Unc." 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3.81 g, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dalton-Nottinghamshire 4.

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.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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