Provincial Tokens
Yorkshire Brownbill's DH 38
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - YORKSHIRE |
| Item Description: |
1/2P 1793 G.BRIT D&h-38 YORKSHIRE - BROWNBILL'S E: PAYABLE AT H.BROWNBILL Yorkshire DH 38 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 64 RB |
| Owner: |
farthing |
Set Details
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Owner Comments:
Yorkshire Brownbill's DH #38
Obverse: Mitred bust of Bishop Blaize, carrying a wool-comb SUCCESS TO THE YORKSHIRE WOOLEN MANUFACTORY
Reverse: A perspective view of Leeds Cloth Hall LEEDS HALFPENNY Ex:1793
Edge: PAYABLE AT H. BROWNBILLS SILVERSMITH
Diesinker: Jean Pierre Dröz
Manufacturer: Matthew Boulton
Issuer: Henry Brownbill
Rarity: Common
Henry Brownbill was a silversmith and watchmaker located on Briggate Street, Leeds. Bishop Blaize is the patron saint of the woolcombers. The reverse features the Mixed-cloth Hall which was built in 1758 by the cloth manufacturers to avoid having to sell their wares in the open streets and featured stands for the freehold cloth manufacturers.
Atkins: Yorkshire 34
Bt. Northeast Numismatics