Provincial Tokens
Hampshire Basingstoke DH 1
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - HAMPSHIRE |
| Item Description: |
1S 1789 G.BRIT D&h-1 HAMPSHIRE - BASINGSTOKE E: ENGRAILED Hampshire DH 1 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 65 BN |
| Owner: |
farthing |
Owner Comments:
Hampshire Basingstoke DH #1
Obverse: A Thames sailing barge with a man steering BASINGSTOKE CANAL Ex: 1789
Reverse: A wheelbarrow with spade and pickaxe JOHN PINKERTON Ex: VALUE ONE SHILLING in two lines
Edge: Engrailed
Diesinker: Thomas Wyon
Manufacturer: Thomas Mynd
Issuer: John Pinkerton – Basingstoke Canal Company
Weight: 13.63g
Rarity: Scarce
Issued by John Pinkerton, secretary of the Basingstoke Canal Company to be used as currency by the men building the canal. The canal was built to link Basingstoke with London via the river Wye in Surrey.
Atkins: Hampshire 1
Bt. Merfyn Williams
Ex: Stacks Bowers Sale, February 2021