Warwickshire 1797 half penny token D&H-297a

Heritage sale 3042, lot 33365

This specimen was lot 33365 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), where it sold for $305.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Warwickshire-Kempson's copper Proof 1/2 Penny Token 1797 PR63 Brown NGC. The arms of Coventry are displayed."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-297A.

Source:

• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
• 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.

Link to:

• Warwickshire (1790-94) half penny token D&H-154, Birmingham, P. Kempson
• Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-55, Birmingham
• Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-120, Birmingham, Bissets Museum
• Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-323, Stratford
• Angusshire 1797 farthing token D&H-42, Dundee
• Angusshire 1797 half penny token D&H-21, Dundee
• Ayrshire 1797 half penny D&H-3, Wm. Fullarton
• Middlesex 1797 quarter penny token D&H-1150
• Hampshire 1797 half penny token D&H-61, Portsmouth
• Somersetshire 1797 half penny token D&H-114, Bath. Lambe & Son
• Perthshire 1797 half penny token D&H-1, Perth
• Warwickshire 1797 half penny token D&H-280, Coventry, White Friars Gate
• Warwickshire 1797 half penny token D&H-291, Coventry, Drapers Hall
• Coins and currency dated 1797
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