Anglesey 1790 half penny token D&H-380

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74873

This specimen was lot 74873 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Wales. Anglesey. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1790. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. A beautiful example, displaying much retained mint red, with charming details and alluring luster throughout."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-380.

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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