Somersetshire 1795 half penny token D&H-40

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 23109

This specimen was lot 23109 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Somersetshire, Bath. 1/2 Penny Token, 1795. George III (1760-1820). PCGS MS-64 RB Secure Holder. Bearded portrait facing left; Reverse: Building. Slightly weak strike, but a fair amount of mint red."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-40.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

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