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* [[Cheshire 1791 half penny token D&H-47]], Macclesfield
 
* [[Cheshire 1791 half penny token D&H-47]], Macclesfield
 
* [[Cheshire 1811 shilling token D-1]], Nantwich
 
* [[Cheshire 1811 shilling token D-1]], Nantwich
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== Cornwall ==
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* [[Cornwall 1791 half penny token D&H-2]]
 
* [[Cornwall 1794 half penny token D&H-4]], Penryn Volunteers
 
* [[Cornwall 1794 half penny token D&H-4]], Penryn Volunteers
 
* [[Cornwall 1811 shilling token D-7]], Launceston
 
* [[Cornwall 1811 shilling token D-7]], Launceston
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* [[Middlesex 1794 half penny token D&H-687]], T. Spence 7 Months Imprisoned
 
* [[Middlesex 1794 half penny token D&H-687]], T. Spence 7 Months Imprisoned
 
* [[Middlesex (1795) half penny token D&H-716]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1795) half penny token D&H-716]], Spence's
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* [[Middlesex (1790-94) half penny token D&H-717]], Spence's, "Rouse Britannia!"
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-719]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-719]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H-729b]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H-729b]], Spence's
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* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-884]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex (1794) half penny token D&H-884]], Spence's
 
* [[Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H 904]], Stinton's
 
* [[Middlesex 1795 half penny token D&H 904]], Stinton's
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* [[Middlesex (1790-94) half penny token D&H-907]], Isaac Swainson
 
* [[Middlesex 1792 half penny token D&H-928]], London and Middlesex
 
* [[Middlesex 1792 half penny token D&H-928]], London and Middlesex
 
* [[Middlesex 1792 half penny token D&H-929]], Westminster
 
* [[Middlesex 1792 half penny token D&H-929]], Westminster
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* [[Somersetshire 1795 half penny token D&H-40]], Success to the Bath Waters
 
* [[Somersetshire 1795 half penny token D&H-40]], Success to the Bath Waters
 
* [[Somersetshire (1790-94) half penny token D&H-74]], Bath free school
 
* [[Somersetshire (1790-94) half penny token D&H-74]], Bath free school
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* [[Somersetshire 1794 half penny token D&H-86]], Bridgewater, T. Holloway and Son
 
* [[Somersetshire 1797 half penny token D&H-114]] Bath, Lambe & Son
 
* [[Somersetshire 1797 half penny token D&H-114]] Bath, Lambe & Son
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* [[Somersetshire 1794 farthing token D&H-111]], Bath, Lambe & Son's
 
* [[Somersetshire 1795 farthing token D&H-112a]], Bath, M. Lambe & Son
 
* [[Somersetshire 1795 farthing token D&H-112a]], Bath, M. Lambe & Son
 
* [[Somersetshire 1794 farthing token D&H-115]], Bladud founded Bath
 
* [[Somersetshire 1794 farthing token D&H-115]], Bladud founded Bath
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* [[Suffolk 1794 half penny token D&H-31]], Haverhill
 
* [[Suffolk 1794 half penny token D&H-31]], Haverhill
 
* [[Suffolk 1795 half penny token D&H-33d]], Hoxne
 
* [[Suffolk 1795 half penny token D&H-33d]], Hoxne
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* [[Suffolk 1793 half penny token D&H-39]], Sudbury, "Pro Bono Publico"
  
 
== Sussex ==
 
== Sussex ==
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* [[Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-55]], Birmingham
 
* [[Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-55]], Birmingham
 
* [[Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-120]], Birmingham, Bissets Museum
 
* [[Warwickshire 1796 half penny token D&H-120]], Birmingham, Bissets Museum
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* [[Warwickshire (1790-94) half penny token D&H-154]], Birmingham, P. Kempson
 
* [[Warwickshire (1790) half penny token D&H-219]], Birmingham, Lutwyche's Dea Pecunia
 
* [[Warwickshire (1790) half penny token D&H-219]], Birmingham, Lutwyche's Dea Pecunia
 
* [[Warwickshire 1792 half penny token D&H-231]], Coventry, Lady Godiva on horseback
 
* [[Warwickshire 1792 half penny token D&H-231]], Coventry, Lady Godiva on horseback
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* [[Warwickshire 1788 3 shillings 6 pence token D&H-337]], John Wilkinson
 
* [[Warwickshire 1788 3 shillings 6 pence token D&H-337]], John Wilkinson
 
* [[Warwickshire 1787 half penny token D&H-359]], John Wilkinson
 
* [[Warwickshire 1787 half penny token D&H-359]], John Wilkinson
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* [[Warwickshire 1792 half penny token D&H-389]], Wilkinson's
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* [[Warwickshire 1793 half penny token D&H-393]], Wilkinson's
 
* [[Warwickshire 1811 shilling token D-8]], Birmingham workhouse
 
* [[Warwickshire 1811 shilling token D-8]], Birmingham workhouse
 
* [[Warwickshire 1812 shilling token D-17]], Birmingham workhouse
 
* [[Warwickshire 1812 shilling token D-17]], Birmingham workhouse

Revision as of 11:47, 26 March 2025

A shortage of small change developed in the late eighteenth century in Great Britain as the mint abandoned the striking of coppers. This shortage was aggravated by the stress of the Napoleonic Wars which began in the 1790's. The gap was filled in by private enterprise in the form of thousands of types of merchant tokens and counterfeits of regular issues. Collecting the merchant tokens became a fad in the late 1790's and the improved steam powered minting machinery made them cheaper to produce, setting off an explosion of issues. An early collector catalogue was written by a man named James Conder and this class of token is named after him. As unofficial issues, they are not listed in the SCWC. The "D & H" (Dalton and Hamer) catalog is the standard reference.

Anglesey

Angusshire

Cornwall

Essex

Hampshire

Hertfordshire

Lancashire

Middlesex (includes London)

Norfolk

Somersetshire

Staffordshire

Sussex

Warwickshire

Wiltshire

Some tokens from the Marathon Collection

  • Anglesey

  • Anglesey D-H 19 rev Marth.jpg

  • Anglesey

  • Anglesey D-H 310 rev Marth.jpg

  • Gloucestershire

  • Gloucester D-H 60 rev Marth.JPG

  • Hampshire

  • Hampshire D-H 30 rev Marth.JPG

  • Kent

  • Kent D-H 8 rev Marth.JPG

  • Kent

  • Kent D-H 11 rev Marth.JPG

  • Lancashire

  • Lancashire D-H 58 rev Marth.JPG

  • Middlesex (London)

  • Middlesex D-H 802 rev Marth.JPG

  • Middlesex (London)

  • Middlesex D-H 315 rev Marth.JPG

  • Middlesex (London)

  • Middlesex D-H 454 rev Marth.JPG

  • Middlesex (London)

  • Middlesex D-H 842b rev Marth.JPG

  • Middlesex (London)

  • Middlesex D-H 1057 rev Marth.JPG

  • Middlesex (London)

  • Middlesex D-H 1083 rev Marth.JPG

  • Middlesex (London)

  • Middlesex D-H 892 rev Marth.JPG

  • Middlesex (London)

  • Middlesex D-H 1091 farthing rev DSLR.JPG

  • Norfolk

  • Norfolk D-H 28 rev Marth.JPG

  • Northumberland

  • Northumberland D-H 7 rev DSLR.JPG

  • Shropshire

  • Shropshire D-H 14 rev Marth.JPG

  • Somersetshire

  • Somerset D-H 50 rev Marth.JPG

  • Suffolk

  • Suffolk D-H 2b rev Marth.JPG

  • Suffolk

  • Suffolk D-H 26 rev Marth.JPG

  • Suffolk

  • Suffolk D-H 35 rev Marth.JPG

  • Worcestershire

  • Worcester D-H 12 rev Marth.JPG

  • Worcestershire

  • Worcester D-H 31 rev Marth.JPG

Sources:

  • Bell, R.C., The Building Medalets of Kempson and Skidmore, 1796-1797.
  • Bell, R.C., Specious Tokens and those struck for General Circulation, 1784-1804.
  • Bell, R.C., Political and Commemorative Pieces Simulating Tradesmen's Tokens, 1770-1802.
  • Bell, R. C., Copper Commercial Coins, 1811-1819, Newcastle upon Tyne: Corbitt & Hunter Ltd, 1964
  • 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.
  • Dykes, David, W., Coinage and Currency in Eighteenth-Century Britain: the Provincial Coinage, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Dalton, Richard, and Samuel H. Hamer. The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century. 1910-1917. reprinted 2015 by Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA.
  • Dalton, Richard, The Silver Token Coinage Mainly Issued between 1811 and 1812 Described and Illustrated, 1922.
  • Lusk, Jon D., British and Irish Tradesmen and their Copper Tokens of 1787-1804, Ypsilanti, MI: Digital Dynamics, 2014.
  • 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.
  • Paul and Bente Withers, British Copper Tokens, 1811-1820, including those of Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales: Galata Print, Ltd, 1999.

Some relevant books

  • Bells Tradesmens cover.JPG
  • Bells Specious cover.JPG
  • Bells Commercial cover.JPG
  • Bells Skidmore cover.JPG
  • Dalton reprint cover.JPG
  • Dykes cover.JPG
  • Lusk cover.JPG
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