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17 hours ago, Sergihinio said:

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This one is a Coalbrookdale 1/2d token. The birthplace of the industrial revolution. Dalton & Hamer Shropshire 10, identifiable by the position of the obverse legend and the reverse date 1 relative to the K in KETLEY and the 9 being under the limb of L. Obverse is the bottom image. D&H rarity is scarce. If you are interested in tokens, you can get a reprint of the volume. The originals were printed in 1910 and somewhat hard to find.

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18 hours ago, Sergihinio said:

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I was going to reply to all these but too many to do - I'll give you the task of finding a D&H. Life is so much simpler with one as all the varieties are illustrated. Punctuation, present or missing is important, as is the position of the legend relative to itself or other features as this will determine the die(s) used and hence the variety.

For this piece: 

Milled edge will be D&H 351 - common. 

351a edge reads 'AN ASYLUM .......NATIONS' - Rare

351b edge 'BIRMINGHAM OR SWANSEA' - Very Rare.

351c edge 'PAYABLE AT LONDON LIVERPOOL OR BRISTOL.' - Rare.

 

And for any 19th century tokens you might acquire, a good reference you will find is 19the Century Token Coinage, by W J Davis.

Sorry, I will lose the will to live if I do many more. I don't have any copies of either in stock, but do have the references in an emergency and if all else fails will help. Every collector added to the list of known people in a certain field helps. :)

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