Posted 05/13/2017 06:03 am
R C Bell in "Copper Commercial Coins 1811 -1819" ( published 1964 ) states that this token was issued in Sheffield. The portrait is of Horatio Nelson, and Bell comments on how recent this portrait of him is compared to later portraits, which show him as an "effeminate dandy".
Note the error spelling of "HALPPENNY".
Bell suggests this token was issued by the same person as a similar token which has the same obverse of Nelson, but a different reverse showing text "1811 / PAYABLE / AT No 18 / NORFOLK-ROW / SHEFFIELD".
Your token is listed as common.
The Token Book ( Galatea 2010 ) lists your token as non-local, VF £25, EF £60.
Note the error spelling of "HALPPENNY".
Bell suggests this token was issued by the same person as a similar token which has the same obverse of Nelson, but a different reverse showing text "1811 / PAYABLE / AT No 18 / NORFOLK-ROW / SHEFFIELD".
Your token is listed as common.
The Token Book ( Galatea 2010 ) lists your token as non-local, VF £25, EF £60.
