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daltonista
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 Posted 02/12/2025 09:41 am
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Here's one I managed to win at auction in the UK last year, the almost-never-seen silver three-shilling "Regency Token" from that brief 1811-1812 window when the widespread use of private tokens as necessity coinage was tolerated by the Crown. In the absence of a date or denomination its 34-mm diameter matches it to the Bank of England 3/- tokens struck from 1811-1816. Issuer unknown, of course.
It is widely understood that this token would have been struck to celebrate the Ascension of the Prince of Whales during one of his father George III's serious medical episodes. The Prince was sworn in by the Privy Council as Regent of the Kingdom in February of 1811.
Interestingly, to the extent that my research has been able to nail this down, the few that have ever surfaced on the market would be graded -- like my specimen -- in the neighborhood of F to gVF, so there's no question that they saw considerable circulation.
ND 3 Shillings, Not Local, Dalton 4, RR.
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daltonista
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Posted 02/09/2025 01:13 am
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Just dropping by with this undated (ca.1812-15) "Victoria Nobis Est" halfpenny, featuring Britannia seated. The legend means "Victory Is Ours."
The portrait remains unidentified but is widely believed to be Horatio Nelson.
If you can get past the splotchy lustre, any thoughts on grade would be appreciated. I'm thinking EF, but I've only seen a few to compare against.
Charlton LC-49A, Breton 982, Withers 1595.
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daltonista
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Posted 02/05/2025 5:53 pm
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Wonderful pickups, Rob, especially (to my mind) that Bank Dollar, which would fit nicely into my own set. I know there are a minimum of five varieties of the obverse and three reverses, so you'll need to dig a bit into ESC to nail that down.
As for the Maundy Fee, it's my understanding that those were paid (in envelopes like yours) to the Lord High Almoner as compensation for his (exclusively male back then, of course) arranging, assembling, and stage-managing the Maundy ceremonies for the monarch. Long-standing tradition, if not law, required that his costs be covered by payment in Maundy money itself. I first encountered this practice in print perhaps forty years ago and I've questioned or "doubted" the published mintage/distribution figures ever since, because where have we ever been told how many sets went to the Lord High Almoner (and staff, possibly) to cover their costs?
The upside of that history is that once you've identified the Lord High Almoner for 1940, you'll know where your set's provenance began. It was a role often played by the Archbishop of Canterbury, as I understand it, who sometimes actually stood in for the reigning king and/or queen when they were unable to make it for the actual distribution to the poor.
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daltonista
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Posted 01/27/2025 7:48 pm
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This is my 1811 silver halfcrown token from Fazeley in Staffordshire, Britain, issued by the Peels Harding Company, a cotton and calico business.
The three birds crawling uphill on the Harding Family coat of arms are martlets, a mythical creature with no feet or legs that are doomed to fly perpetually, never able to roost or rest. People who have kept up on their Shakespeare -- Macbeth, specifically -- will tell you that heraldically the martlet is assigned to a younger son, who has neither claims to a share of familial wealth nor to a foothold in his ancestral real estate.
Pity. 
Dalton 4, RR.
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daltonista
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Posted 01/26/2025 11:54 am
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Very nice lions, everybody!
We've got FIVE lions on this silver shilling token (Dalton 88) from Britain's York, issued for general circulation by the silversmiths Cattle and Barber in 1811.
It's hard to believe these slovenly-looking lions made it past quality control...but then it was considered emergency coinage.
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