Hampshire 1795 1/2 penny token D&H-29

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from Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71376
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This specimen was lot 71376 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Tokens. Hampshire. Emsworth. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1795. NGC MS-62 Brown. Edge: PAYABLE AT BUNBURY OXFORD OR READING. Light brown surfaces, with some minor spotting on the reverse, but a good deal of brilliance emanating from below."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-29.

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, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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