Provincial Tokens
Dorsetshire Blandford DH 1
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - DORSETSHIRE |
| Item Description: |
1/2P 1798 G.BRIT D&h-1 DORSETSHIRE - BLANDFORD E: MILLED \\\ Dorsetshire DH 1 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 64 BN |
| Owner: |
farthing |
Owner Comments:
Dorsetshire Blandford DH #1
Obverse: A pair of scales hanging above a shop counter upon which sits two sugar cones, two tea canisters inscribed 5 and 4 and three weights W. SANGER . TEA-DEALER. surrounding.
Reverse: PRO BONO PUBLICO. in two lines between two crossed palm branches with a small ornament above BLANFORD . HALFPENNY . 1798 surrounding.
Edge: Diagonally Milled \\\\\
Diesinker: Benjamin Jacobs
Manufacturer: Paul Skidmore
Issuer: William Sanger
Rarity: Rare
Likely a specious token struck for sale to collectors by Paul Skidmore.
Atkins: Dorsetshire 1
Baldwin’s Sale #97, 29 September 2015