Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-120

Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75284

This specimen was lot 75284 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Birmingham. Bisset's. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, ND (ca. 1790s). PCGS MS-64 Brown. Obverse: "ALABASTER SPAR & PETRIFACTION WAREHOUSE" Vases and obelisks; in exergue "BIRMINGHAM"; Reverse: "BISSETS MUSEUM & FANCY PICTURE MANUFACTORY" Temple interior; in exergue "NEW ST". Deep brown patina and a flashy finish to the fields." Thousands of varieties exist and Conder tokens are their own collecting specialty.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-120.

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, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-55, Birmingham
• Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-323, Stratford
• Warwickshire 1797 half penny token D&H-280, Coventry, White Friars Gate
• Coins and currency dated 1796