Middlesex (1790) half penny token D&H-1040

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46480

This specimen was lot 46480 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Stanhope Copper 1/2 Penny Token, ND (ca. 1790). PCGS MS-64 Brown. Obverse: Bust left of Stanhope holding a book; Reverse: Altar with flame and Liberty Cap in star above." We aren't sure who is honored or satirized here. Candidates include Walter Spencer-Stanhope (1749-1821), industrialist; Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714-1786); Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield (1755-1815), diplomat and courtier; Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), politician and inventor; Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753-1829), soldier and politician.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-1040.

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, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

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• Middlesex 1790 half penny token D&H-825 Spence's
• Warwickshire (1790) half penny token D&H-219, Birmingham, Lutwyche's Dea Pecunia
• Worcestershire 1790 half penny token D&H-7 Dudley
• Coins and currency dated 1790