Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H-295

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70773

This specimen was lot 70773 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $228. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Middlesex, Davidson. 1/2 Penny Token, 1795. George III (1760-1820). PCGS MS-65 BN Secure Holder. Lady seated with sword in right hand and shield in left hand, legend above and date below; Reverse: Triangle in center with crown above and two hands holding onto triangle, legend around. Excellent strike with plenty of red in fields, a very attractive token." Numista comments, "T & R Davidsons were Pocket Book publishers with a business at 18 Sise Lane, Bucklersbury, London. Davidson was a supporter of Parliament during this period of political instability." This token comes with a lettered or plain edge.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, 10.7 g, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: D&H-295.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• 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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