½ Penny Middlesex - Skidmore

½ Penny (Middlesex - Skidmore) - obverse½ Penny (Middlesex - Skidmore) - reverse

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Features

Issuer United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type Token
Year 1795
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Conder tokens (1787-1797)
Composition Copper
Weight 10.29 g
Diameter 29.5 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1797
Number
N#
109506
References DH# 480
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer ; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Inner circle containing a register stove (ornamented fire grate), lettering around square edges. Lettering between inner and outer circle. Toothed border

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NO 123 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON
PAYABLE AT SKIDMORES FURNISHING REPOSITORY *

Reverse

Inner circle containing two men working at anvil left, a large brickwork forge with fire therein right. 1795 in exergue below. Lettering between inner and outer circle. Toothed border

Script: Latin

Lettering: MANUFACTORY · & · IRON - FOUNDRY · CLERKENWELL *

Edge

Diagonally milled \ \ \ \
NOTE: plain edge variety exists

½ Penny (Middlesex - Skidmore) -  obverse

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Comments

Catalogue: (Conder p.96, 211; Pye p.34, 6; Virt p.17; Atkins p. 112, 361; D&H Middlesex 480)
Skidmore & Son, founded by John Skidmore (1748-1823) and later joined by his second son, Paul (b. 1775) in 1795 or 1796. They carried on an iron-foundry and held the appointment of stovegrate maker to His Majesty's Board of Ordnance. After becoming Skidmore & Son they produced numerous tokens, ultimately responsible for more than a quarter of all the token varieties produced in the late 18th century, including those issued by Matthew Denton, Thomas Prattent, and Thomas Spence.
Also struck in silver.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1795  100% DH#480 - milled edge
1795  0% DH#480a - plain edge

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