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This specimen was lot 74846 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Political & Social Series. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1794. NGC MS-63 Brown. Edge: Plain. Touching upon the treason trials and Thomas Hardy, this Choice specimen displays inviting brown surfaces with some hints of red around the devices." 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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This specimen was lot 74846 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Political & Social Series. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1794. NGC MS-63 Brown. Edge: Plain. Touching upon the treason trials and Thomas Hardy, this Choice specimen displays inviting brown surfaces with some hints of red around the devices." 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. Numista comments, "This token commemorates the acquittal of Thomas Hardy, tried for high treason, in November 1794."
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.  
  
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''Specification:'' copper.  
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''Specification:'' copper, 7.98 g, 28 mm diameter.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' D&H-1024.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' D&H-1024.  
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* [[Kent 1794 half penny token D&H-34]], Lamberhurst
 
* [[Kent 1794 half penny token D&H-34]], Lamberhurst
 
* [[Kent 1794 half penny token D&H-35]], Lamberhurst
 
* [[Kent 1794 half penny token D&H-35]], Lamberhurst
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* [[Lancashire 1794 penny token D&H-3]], Lancashire Bridge, A. Seward
 
* [[Lincolnshire 1794 half penny token D&H-4]], Spalding
 
* [[Lincolnshire 1794 half penny token D&H-4]], Spalding
 
* [[Middlesex 1794 penny token D&H-39]], H. Young
 
* [[Middlesex 1794 penny token D&H-39]], H. Young
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* [[Middlesex 1794 half penny token D&H-351]], J. Lackington
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-362a]], Lyceum
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-362a]], Lyceum
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* [[Middlesex 1794 half penny token D&H-477]], Francis Shackelton
 
* [[Middlesex 1794 half penny token D&H-687]], T. Spence
 
* [[Middlesex 1794 half penny token D&H-687]], T. Spence
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* [[Middlesex (1790-94) half penny token D&H-717]], "Rouse Britannia!"
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-719]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-719]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-768]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-768]], Spence's
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* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-842b]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-842b]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-884]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-884]], Spence's
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* [[Middlesex (1790-94) half penny token D&H-907]], Isaac Swainson
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-1010]], Thomas Erskine
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-1010]], Thomas Erskine
 
* [[Middlesex 1794 half penny token D&H-1012]], MAGNA CHARTA
 
* [[Middlesex 1794 half penny token D&H-1012]], MAGNA CHARTA
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* [[Somersetshire 1794 half penny token D&H-39]], Bath, F. Heath
 
* [[Somersetshire 1794 half penny token D&H-39]], Bath, F. Heath
 
* [[Suffolk 1794 penny token D&H-4]], Bury, Cornwallis
 
* [[Suffolk 1794 penny token D&H-4]], Bury, Cornwallis
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* [[Suffolk 1794 half penny token D&H-19]], Blything
 
* [[Suffolk (1794) half penny token D&H-29]], Bury, Rackham's & Leatherdale's
 
* [[Suffolk (1794) half penny token D&H-29]], Bury, Rackham's & Leatherdale's
 
* [[Suffolk 1794 half penny token D&H-31]], Haverhill
 
* [[Suffolk 1794 half penny token D&H-31]], Haverhill

Latest revision as of 07:29, 6 October 2025

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74846
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This specimen was lot 74846 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Political & Social Series. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1794. NGC MS-63 Brown. Edge: Plain. Touching upon the treason trials and Thomas Hardy, this Choice specimen displays inviting brown surfaces with some hints of red around the devices." 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. Numista comments, "This token commemorates the acquittal of Thomas Hardy, tried for high treason, in November 1794."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, 7.98 g, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: D&H-1024.

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, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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