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Issuer: Private (J.M. Fellows) Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
King George III (1760-1820)
Value: 1 Penny (1/240)
Currency: Currency tokens (1798-1816)
Grade: F12 (Damages reverse)
Year: 1812
Metal: Copper
Weight: 21.68 g.
Diameter: 34 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized: 1817
References: Withers# 940, Davis# 16
Obverse:
City Arms: a central double linear circle containing three crowns and an ornamental cross. Lettering around outside, beaded border.
Lettering:
· A POUND NOTE FOR 240
PAYABLE BY J · M · FELLOWS ·
Engraver: Peter Wyon.
Reverse:
A distant raised view of Nottingham castle with rocky foreground, date in large double exergue. Lettering around, beaded border.
Lettering:
ONE PENNY TOKEN
1812
Engraver: Peter Wyon.
Edge:
Centre grained/milled to left.
Comments:
These tokens were in circulation during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th /19th Century and were worth their weight in copper.
J M Fellows & Company were bankers who survived the 1816 depression. Finally, through several mergers, they were to become Lloyds Bank in 1891.
There is an 1813 version with NOTTINGHAM in the exergue below the date, and scrolls either side. Another (Withers 950) has NOTTINGHAM PENNY across the top, and TOKEN 1813 in exergue.
Reference : Withers# 940, Davis# 16
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8...
Collection : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens