Posted 11/18/2010 04:50 am
'Tis indeed a British token, from the series known as "Conder Tokens" of the late 1700s. To answer your specific questions:
1) England - Lancashire county - city of Liverpool
2) Half penny
3) Date uncertain - tokens of this design were issued with dates from 1791 to 1794, though the last two dates are only known on contemporary counterfeits. I think yours is 1791.
4) Around the ship (reverse) it reads "LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY". Around the shield (obverse) it reads "DEUS NOBIS HAEC OTIA FECIT", with the date at the bottom. Around the rim of the coin, the redemption conditions of the token should be stamped, eg. "PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLARKE".
5) Reverse and rim are English. Obverse is Latin, which is the motto of the City of Liverpool. It's a quote from the Roman poet Virgil, and translates to: "God has given us this tranquility".
6) Your token is very worn and corroded, barely identifiable. I'd call it About Good.
7) There are several different types and varieties but your coin might be too badly worn and damaged to narrow it down. This example is uncirculated, and selling for $85. I'd put this one in the $5 to $10 range, at best.
8) I don't know if mintages for these tokens are known.
9) None of the classes of Liverpool tokens listed in my token guide are "rare" by any definition. A total of 50 varieties (including counterfeits) are listed in Dalton & Hamer (D&H Lancashire #61 to #110); I don't know if any particular variety is particularly scarce.
1) England - Lancashire county - city of Liverpool
2) Half penny
3) Date uncertain - tokens of this design were issued with dates from 1791 to 1794, though the last two dates are only known on contemporary counterfeits. I think yours is 1791.
4) Around the ship (reverse) it reads "LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY". Around the shield (obverse) it reads "DEUS NOBIS HAEC OTIA FECIT", with the date at the bottom. Around the rim of the coin, the redemption conditions of the token should be stamped, eg. "PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLARKE".
5) Reverse and rim are English. Obverse is Latin, which is the motto of the City of Liverpool. It's a quote from the Roman poet Virgil, and translates to: "God has given us this tranquility".
6) Your token is very worn and corroded, barely identifiable. I'd call it About Good.
7) There are several different types and varieties but your coin might be too badly worn and damaged to narrow it down. This example is uncirculated, and selling for $85. I'd put this one in the $5 to $10 range, at best.
8) I don't know if mintages for these tokens are known.
9) None of the classes of Liverpool tokens listed in my token guide are "rare" by any definition. A total of 50 varieties (including counterfeits) are listed in Dalton & Hamer (D&H Lancashire #61 to #110); I don't know if any particular variety is particularly scarce.
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