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This specimen was lot 32505 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $85 The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Political and Social Series. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1794. PCGS AU-58. D&H-1025. Obverse: Draped bust left; Reverse: Inscription in six lines." Wikipedia comments, "Thomas Hardy (3 March 1752 – 11 October 1832) was a British shoemaker who was an early Radical, and the founder, first Secretary, and Treasurer of the London Corresponding Society." He should not be confused with Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB (1769–1839), who fought at Trafalgar with Horatio Helson.
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This specimen was lot 32505 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $85 The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Political and Social Series. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1794. PCGS AU-58. D&H-1025. Obverse: Draped bust left; Reverse: Inscription in six lines." Wikipedia comments, "Thomas Hardy (3 March 1752 – 11 October 1832) was a British shoemaker who was an early Radical, and the founder, first Secretary, and Treasurer of the London Corresponding Society." He should not be confused with Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB (1769–1839), who fought at Trafalgar with Horatio Nelson.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:19, 17 July 2024

Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 32505
SB524-32505r.jpg

This specimen was lot 32505 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $85 The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Political and Social Series. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1794. PCGS AU-58. D&H-1025. Obverse: Draped bust left; Reverse: Inscription in six lines." Wikipedia comments, "Thomas Hardy (3 March 1752 – 11 October 1832) was a British shoemaker who was an early Radical, and the founder, first Secretary, and Treasurer of the London Corresponding Society." He should not be confused with Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB (1769–1839), who fought at Trafalgar with Horatio Nelson.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-851.

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. reprinted 2015 by Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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