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Country: London, Middlesex - Great Britain
Type: Conder Tokens (1787-1797)
Year: 1792
Value: 1/2 Penny = 1/24 Shilling (1/480 LSD)
Grade: XF/AU
Composition: Copper
Weight: 13.3 g.
Diameter: 29.8 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: DH# 84-102, 113
Obverse:
Female in classical dress seated on a rock facing right, left hand holding fasces, right hand on rock. Date in exergue
Lettering:
BIRMINGHAM MINING AND COPPER COMPANY.
1792
Reverse:
A stork facing left standing upon a cornucopia
Lettering: HALFPENNY PAYABLE AT
Edge:
Inscribed and plain varieties exist
Lettering: BIRMINGHAM REDRUTH & SWANSEA
Comments:
A trade token of the Birmingham Mining and Copper Company. After the failure of various schemes to provide Birmingham with its own copper smelters, the manufacturers set up the Birmingham Mining and Copper Co on similar lines to the Birmingham Metal Co, with smelting works at Swansea. Its formation was part of the reaction in the Midlands against the monopolistic practices of the Anglesey and Cornish mining interests led by Thomas Williams.
Reference : DH# 84-102, 113
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3...
Collection : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens