And there were only 2,000 Northumberlands I believe, which wouldn't make much of a dent in the demand for shillings and most probably didn't circulate ...
I remember you saying so after the grading results came through (a few years ago now!)
It seems to me that it is very hard to find them fairly nicely struck on the centre of the rev, most seem to have that slightly mushy look
The edge inscription reads " PUBLISHED BY R. LODER 1796 . X . ", as confirmed on the main reference material (Dalton & Hamer)
Good question, I must try and learn how to photograph edges!
Something's gone wrong (for me) in the Copper Tokens thread, so I will post this newbie here, seeing as it's a penny ...
1796 Birmingham copper penny token by Thomas Wyon
Does anyone (else) have one of these? I'm have been finding it extremely difficult to locate these in decent condition (better than GF really) but I'm hopefully about to upgrade this one soon.
Seems scarcer than merely 'Scarce' (ESC) to me!
I don't think it's a proof, they have thicker rims for one thing - here's mine for comparison:
Also, MS61 (equivalent to AUNC) is a pretty low grade for a proof