18^th Century Provincial Tokens, Warwickshire

Shropshire, John Wilkinson; D&H 359, halfpenny struck in copper, 14.06g. This important issue is believed to be the first of the Wilkinson issues. It’s assumed that these were actually made with the intent of being penny denominations but merchants, given the size of the tokens, refused to accept them. Notice there is no denomination on Wilkinson tokens, unlike the Anglesey pennies and halfpennies issued in the same year. This example, some scattered handling, perhaps some otherwise a relatively early die state, scarce. About extremely fine.

Est. £70-£90