I have got in my collection a number of Traders' Tokens from the British Isles that I cannot identify.Here is some descriptions of the pieces; 1812 1d. King George III with 'H' on truncation & enclosed within oak leaves.Commerce on reverse. Tower House Coin N.D. 1d. 'ONE PENNY'. 'PRO BONO PUBLICO' 1757 1/4d. Tea caddy on obverse.Monogram on reverse. 'Trade & Navigation' 1813 1d. 'Pure Copper Preferable to Paper'. (Note; this is not a British Guiana 1 Stiver token.) Saml. King 1838 1/4d. 'Grocer & Tea Dealer Dale End'. 'Prosperity to Old England' N.D. 1/2d. Standing figure with anchor on obverse.Bottle on reverse.'More Trade & Fewer Taxes'. J.M. Fellows 1812 1d. Wellington 'Hispaniam Et Lvsitaniam Restivit Wellington' on obverse. Battles 'Cuidad Rodrigo' etc on reverse. Britannia resting on a cannon (obverse).6 in oak leaves with 'SIX PENNY TOKEN' on the 6 with a 'W' on the tail of the 6. (Note; this is a silver 6d. token.) If you can identify any of these,I would be very appreciated.
Your `Cuidad Rodrigo' and the `Trade and Navigation' piece are both Canadian tokens listed in Charleton (going by memory). It's nodding off time here but i'll try to look these up for you in the morning. A scan of the 6d token would be interesting..... any chance? Ian
Ian,I thought that both of these pieces are British,not Canadian.Charlton lists a number of pieces that circulated both in Great Britain & Canada.As to scans of coins,not a chance,I'm afraid.I have to borrow a computer to check my emails.
Quoting Charlton `Canadian Colonial Tokens' in relation specifically to Nova Scotia (I have 2nd edition, 1990, so it's maybe a tad out of date by now) "The Seated Commerce issues of 1812 and 1813 were designed by Thomas Halliday and struck over the existing tokens of Samuel Guppy of Bristol". The 1d Trade an Navigation token you descrbe is NS20A. There are varieties. The Cuidad Rodrigo token is described by Charlton as a`Peninsular Token' and "originally struck for the use of Wellington's army in Portugal and Spain. Specimen's were brought over to Canada by trooops sent over to fight the American's in 1814." There are numerous varieties. I'll see what (if anything) I can do with the others you have. It might take me some time however. It is worthwhile your trying to get hold of the book I mentioned though. Ian
The Prosperity to Old England is a Conder token. I don't have my Index of Legends books with me so I can't tell you which one yet. I should be back on tonight and will be able to answer then.
Ok, The Prosperity token is from Norwich in the ounty of Norfolk England. The D&H # is either 23 or 24 depending on whether the figures is pointing at the T in Prosperity (D&H 23) or the Y (D&H 24) D&H 23 comes with three different edges and D&H 24 has four different edges. The rarities are as follows RRR 23a milled edge 24b edge reads CURRENT EVERYWHERE Scarce 24a edge says PAYABLE IN LONDON BRISTOL & LANCASTER 24c edge is plain All other edge varieties are common.
