Middlesex 1811 half penny token D-65

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74854

This specimen was lot 74854 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Middlesex. Thomas Wood Auctioneer Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1811. PCGS MS-62 Brown. Obverse: Facade of the old stock exchange; Reverse: legend in 14 lines. A beautiful example of this token issue. Toned to a matte brown but with some flashy red highlights that amplify its charm." This is not, strictly speaking, a Conder token, being issued after the initial period of their popularity, but we have filed it there nevertheless.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Withers-845; Davis-65.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• Hampshire 1811 shilling token D-35, Portsmouth
• Staffordshire 1811 penny token, Bilston
• Coins and currency dated 1811