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* [[Berkshire 1811 18 pence token D-4]], Reading, I. B. Monck
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* [[Cheshire 1811 shilling token D-1]], Nantwich
 
* [[Cornwall 1811 shilling token D-7]], Launceston, Pearse, Ching, Nicols and Procktor
 
* [[Cornwall 1811 shilling token D-7]], Launceston, Pearse, Ching, Nicols and Procktor
 
* [[Devonshire 1811 shilling token D-19]], Teignmouth, I. Holland
 
* [[Devonshire 1811 shilling token D-19]], Teignmouth, I. Holland
 
* [[Dorsetshire 1811 shilling token D-21]], Shaftesbury
 
* [[Dorsetshire 1811 shilling token D-21]], Shaftesbury
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* [[Flintshire 1811 shilling token D-3]]
 
* [[Hampshire 1811 shilling token D-35]], Portsmouth
 
* [[Hampshire 1811 shilling token D-35]], Portsmouth
 
* [[Middlesex 1811 half penny token D-65]], Thomas Wood Auctioneer
 
* [[Middlesex 1811 half penny token D-65]], Thomas Wood Auctioneer

Latest revision as of 13:13, 6 November 2025

from the Marathon collection
Shaftesbury 1811 6 pence token rev Marth.jpg

This token is not considered a Conder token, being issued after Conder wrote his book, but is often included with them as part of the vast array of British private tokens issued before the Royal mint was reformed in 1816. Wikipedia comments, "Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is west of Salisbury and north-northeast of Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dorsetshire D-29.

Source:

  • Dalton, Richard, The Silver Token Coinage Mainly Issued between 1811 and 1812 Described and Illustrated, 1922.
  • James O’Donald Mays, Tokens of those Trying Times, A Social History of Britain's 19th Century Silver Tokens, Burley, Hampsire, UK: New Forest Leaves, 1991.
  • Paul and Bente Withers, The Token Book, British Tokens of the 17th, 18th & 19th Centuries and Their Values, Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales: Galata Print, Ltd, 2022.

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