Provincial Tokens
Herefordshire Hereford DH 5
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - HEREFORDSHIRE |
| Item Description: |
1/2P 1794 G.BRIT D&h-5 HEREFORDSHIRE - HEREFORD E: MILLED /// Herefordshire DH 5 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 66 BN |
| Owner: |
farthing |
Owner Comments:
Herefordshire Hereford DH #5
Obverse: An apple tree HEREFORD HALFPENNY above, C : HONITT.s BIRM.M WAREHOUSE. in two lines below. SUCCESS TO THE CIDER TRADE around the upper edge
Reverse: A figure of Justice standing - FOR CHANGE NOT FRAUD. Ex: 1794
Edge: Milled /////
Diesinker: Arnold
Manufacturer: William Lutwyche
Issuer: Charles Honiatt
Weight: 9.84g
Rarity: Common
Charles Honiatt was a cider manufacturer who took over his father’s brazing and tin plate business in 1788. He had a 'Birmingham' warehouse in Hereford and presumably sold hardware and other metal goods manufactured in Birmingham. He was elected Mayor of Hereford in 1821.
Atkins: Herefordshire 5
Ex: Heritage Guilford Courthouse Collection Sale, August 2004
Ex: Jerry Bobbe