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Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 730 Posts	Posted 05/12/2017 2:31 pm The undated version being a scarce variety. The edge reads: Payable by N.Todd Denton Norfolk. Here too is a little information about the castle depicted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungay_Castle Report this Post to the Staff

Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 05:21 am That is very nice. The Token Book ( published 2010 by Galatea ) lists this as £80 in EF. Is this a mule? Bell in "Commercial Coins 1787 -1804" lists the castle obverse as D&H22, with a reverse of a figure of justice ( no plinth ) over a date of 1794 and "FOR CHANGE NOT FRAUD" surrounding. This is described as being issued by one Samuel Prentice, a token collector, who made varieties to create rarities. The same reverse of justice on your token is shown as the obverse for a token listed as D&H21, reverse as follows: Hand holding scroll containing text "We promise to / pay the Bearer / on DEMAND / one / HALFPENNY". ( Capitals and line breaks as shown ). "BUNGAY" above scroll, "1795" below. This token is also mentioned as being used by Samuel Prentice, a grocer and chandler. Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 730 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 05:45 am Hi A, Yes, since digging out these tokens (the intention being to share a few here) I've been doing a little research too. I think you're right, this is likely a mule of the Prentice and Todd issues, hence the lack of date. Is the Galatea listing for the undated version? Mine is better than EF and has quite a bit of lustre. I'm afraid iPad photography isn't good enough to show coins at their best, but its all I have to work with. Edited by Hogarth 05/13/2017 05:46 am Report this Post to the Staff
EFLargeCents Pillar of the Community United States 1304 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 12:11 pm Huge fan of the ones with castles, this one is really nice and I had not seen it before. Really cool! Report this Post to the Staff
Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 4:11 pm As per your post elsewhere, on the balance of probabilities I would say this is a mule for reasons above and because there is no date. I cannot be sure beyond all reasonable doubt. Report this Post to the Staff
Gooner Valued Member United Kingdom 130 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 3:10 pm Really like that,Bungay is only 5 miles from me so I've seen the castle Report this Post to the Staff
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