Suffolk 1796 half penny token D&H-24b

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37343

This specimen was lot 37343 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Suffolk, Bungay. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1796. PCGS MS-64 Brown. Obverse: Lady Justice on pedestal; Reverse: Mill with two silos." Wikipedia comments, "Bungay is a market town...in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It lies in the Waveney Valley, 5½ miles west of Beccles.... In 2011 it had a population of 5,127."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-24b.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• Suffolk (1788-97) half penny token D&H-23a, Bungay
• Suffolk 1794 penny token D&H-4, Bury, Cornwallis
• Suffolk 1795 half penny token D&H-30, Bury, Guest
• Suffolk 1794 half penny token D&H-31, Haverhill
• Suffolk 1795 half penny token D&H-33d, Hoxne
• Coins and currency dated 1796