Devonshire 1801 2 pence token D-21

Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75767

This specimen was lot 75767 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $960. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Devonshire. Teignmouth. Copper 2 Pence Token, 1801. PCGS MS-64 Brown. By W. Upcott. Obverse: View of the Eddystone lighthouse with legend around; Reverse: View of the Spurn Point lighthouse with legend around." 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Davis-21.

Sources:

• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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• Devonshire 1792 half penny token D&H-6, Plymouth
• Ayrshire 1799 half penny D&H-5
• Lanarkshire 1799 farthing token D&H-39, George Randolph & Co.
• Middlesex 1801 half penny token D&H-428
• Coins and currency dated 1801