One Shilling From Scarborough In Yorkshire Buys Over Eight Centuries Of Time Travel

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daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1058 Posts	Posted 02/11/2024 6:11 pm One of the things I've always found fascinating about collecting coins and tokens is their ability through the art and history captured on them to transport us to faraway parts of the world and to generations and civilizations long gone by. So here I am, an American in the twenty-first century, writing about a British token struck in the nineteenth century that features a borough seal, first prepared in the sixteenth century, depicting most prominently a royal castle that was begun in the twelfth century. The token is a silver shilling (Dalton Yorkshire 34) struck in 1811 by Younge & Deakin, noted Yorkshire button manufacturers, for the prosperous Scarborough ironmongering partnership of Lord & Marshall. Complete records preserved at the Rotunda Museum in Scarborough indicate that exactly 2,036 of this 1811 token were struck, which would have placed just over £100 of emergency coinage into circulation. With the continued absence of regal coinage in everyday local commerce, the demand for "small change" remained so high that in 1812 Messrs. Lord and Marshall commissioned another token issue, this time in a slightly different design -- still incorporating the borough's coat of arms -- and encompassing both shillings and sixpence pieces, all dated 1812. For this round the total of new circulating coinage was about £283, if my arithmetic is correct, comprising 2,980 shillings and 1,340 sixpence tokens. Scarborough Castle as its ruins appear today. The token's main device is Scarborough Castle, described on its own tourism website by the English Heritage organization: "Scarborough Castle stands on a massive promontory of rock that rises above the North Sea. Its 12th-century great tower is the centrepiece of a royal castle begun by Henry II. It became one of the greatest royal fortresses in England and figured prominently in national events during the Middle Ages. Its buildings are mostly relatively recent additions to a site which, as a natural fortress, has been intermittently inhabited and fortified for nearly 3,000 years." While you're here, please check out the news in my revised signature, below. Many thanks! "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Edited by daltonista 02/11/2024 6:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/11/2024 8:28 pm Nice presentation, thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Collector28 Valued Member United Kingdom 251 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 05:19 am 2980 shillings and 1340 sixpences would be around £183, not £283. More specifically, it would be £182 10s Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 08:34 am Excellent presentation! 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
daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1058 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 11:46 am Thank you all! Quote: Collector 28 fixed my maths: "around £183, not £283." My apologies to anyone who may have been offended! I see now that in my rush to finish this post before the Super Bowl game started I neglected to convert the 6d's into 1/-'s before dividing by 20. Typical Yank screw-up with the Pound Sterling system! *While you're here, please check out the news in my revised signature, below. Many thanks!* "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 11:52 am A lovely token and well written up. Good job. 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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