Duke of York 1756 Evasive farthing

[Chris Perkins]

This is a rare one from what I can tell, and well above average condition for its ilk.

Atkins 451 'DUKE OF YORK' / 'FARTHING 1756'.

Has a ticket with it indicating it was bought from Lickey as GVF in Sep 1972 for £3.

[copper123]

I remember Likey coins if I remember rightly they advertised in coin monthly in the seventies .

£3 was quite a price tag for the early seventies , there again this coin is in tip top grade looks like EF for issue

[Peter]

You've probably seen this Chris?

http://www.coinsgbforum.com/?showtopic=809

[Chris Perkins]

Yes, saw that Peter. A few years ago and no pic, which is a shame.

[copper123]

The coin itself is evasive copy of a trade token .

These tokens were heavly circulated in the uk from 1788 onwards - there was a death penalty on copying regal  coins coin so it would have been much easyer to fake trade tokens for which there was no death penalty .

Edited July 7, 2016 by copper123

[copper123]

The farthing itself is of course not contemporary to 1756 it would have been made in 1790 or so , specially made to look worn and used when put into circulation .

The idea was just to get the coin into circulation where it would circulate for  posterity , as everyone who got hold of it would not want to hang on to it for long as their was nowhere to redeam it .