Isle of Man 1830 1/2 penny token
This specimen was lot 57307 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "ISLE OF MAN. 1/2 Penny Token, 1830. George IV. PCGS AU-50." The bust shown here is one of George III, borrowed from Boulton issues of 1813. This issue accompanied a penny token. Some of the issue had an Arabic numeral 1 and round 3 in the date (KM 17).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn16.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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