Cambridgeshire 1795 1/2 penny token D&H-12

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70744

This specimen was lot 70744 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $110. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Cambridgeshire. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1795. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. A first class Token with noticeable red color in the devices."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-12.

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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• Cambridgeshire 1795 1/2 penny token D&H-14b INDUSTRY HAS IT'S SURE REWARD
• Coins and currency dated 1795