½ Penny Monmouthshire - Monmouth / J. Powell
Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1795 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 328491 |
| References | DH# 3 Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom. James Atkins; 1892. The Tradesmen's Tokens of the Eighteenth Century. W.S. Lincoln, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Image of a large, central cask with legend around and date below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
JAMES POWELL IMPORTER
· 1795 ·
Reverse
Lettering across four lines with bunch of grapes above and vine sprig below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
J · POWELL
WINE & BRANDY
MERCHANT
MONMOUTH
Edge
Plain with incuse lettering
Note: plain edge variety exists (see below)
Script: Latin
Lettering: PAYABLE AT MONMOUTH AND ABERGAVENNY . X .
Comments
James Powell was a wine and brandy merchant who released tokens for Abergavenny and Monmouth. This token DH#3 is for Monmouth. DH#2 is also Monmouth but has a bunch of grapes below the reverse lettering, DH#1 is similar but has 'ABERGAVENNY' on the reverse.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1795 | DH#3 - PAYABLE AT MONMOUTH AND ABERGAVENNY . X . | 100% | |||||||||||||
| 1795 | DH#3a - plain edge (not in collar) | 0% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 93
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