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GREAT BRITAIN: AE 1/2 penny token, 1794, PCGS MS63 BN

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
GREAT BRITAIN: AE 1/2 penny token, 1794, PCGS MS63 BN
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This item SOLD at 2026 Apr 15 @ 11:06UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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GREAT BRITAIN: AE 1/2 penny token, 1794, D&H-58, Lancaster, Lancashire issue of Daniel Eccleston, struck at the Soho mint, PCGS graded MS63 BN. The Lancashire Halfpenny is significant because it was the first large-scale use of the broad rim with incuse legends, followed immediately by the forty-eighth and ninety-sixth rupee coins struck for Madras in December 1794. These design elements were then later used for the Cartwheel coins of 1797. The DH-58 variety without the period after 'COMMERCE' is due to polished dies, by which the finer lines of the design have been erased.Eccleston was an eccentric coin and medal collector who lived in Queen Street, Lancaster. He struck a large medallion featuring George Washington and presented it to the American Government and the Emperor of Russia along with other heads of state. He made and lost a fortune and his last act was to write a letter from the grave after his death.