Drool If You Collect Dalton Silver Tokens...

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daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1058 Posts	Posted 04/30/2020 12:15 pm ...because you'll probably enjoy these two lustworthy mega-rare halfcrowns from Birmingham. Both are up for auction in the May 27 DNW sale, and look at those estimates (posted here, below the photos)! My bet is they'll go for triple that, easy. If you have one of these in YOUR collection, please share photos! Notwithstanding the words and images on the token itself, this piece was a confection that had no reality-based connection to Birmingham or its workhouse. While Davis ignores that angle entirely in his catalog, J. O. Mays writes in his Tokens of Those Trying Times (1991): "The forgeries eventually came to be regarded as legitimate workhouse tokens. [Today] ...they are among the rarest of the Regency Period series and their spurious origin seems not to have diminished the desire of collectors to seek them." Edward Wright, on the other hand, was a legitimate merchant in Birmingham -- "a mercer and a grocer," per Davis. Can't put my hands on the source at the moment, but I'm pretty sure contemporaneous records have been reported showing that a total of 100 of these were struck, comprising two varieties with very minor differences. Enjoy! Tom "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5241 Posts	Posted 04/30/2020 5:15 pm I have a few shillings, but for now I will just have to admire the 1/2 crowns. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188727 Posts	Posted 05/01/2020 09:31 am Those look impressive! A bit out of my budget, but still impressive. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 05/01/2020 4:26 pm This is the first I've seen recently of the 2/6 tokens outside of plate coins and older auction catalogues. Most impressive, and beautiful. They are not nearly within my price range for now but I would be thrilled to have one in the cabinet at some point. I expect that the bidding will be quite spirited! Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
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