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 Tn17).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn16.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1813 half penny
- Isle of Man 1830 penny token KM-Tn18 "FOR PUBLICK ACCOMMODATION"
- Isle of Man 1831 1/2 penny token "PRO BONO PUBLICO"
- Isle of Man 1839 farthing
- 1839 half penny
- 1839 penny
- Coins and currency dated 1830