Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H 447

Jean Elsen sale 121, lot 1370

This specimen was lot 1370 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €130 (about US$208 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"GRANDE-BRETAGNE, Token, Middlesex, Cu halfpenny, 1795, Pidcock's Exhibition. Exeter change strand London. Droit: Antilope à gauche. Revers: Autruche à gauche. presque Superbe. (Great Britain, Middlesex half penny token of 1795, Pidcock's Exhibition. Exeter change strand London. Obverse: antelope to left; right: ostrich to left. about extremely fine.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-447.

Source:

• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 121, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2014.
• 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.

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