World Tokens

Barbados, Uncertain issuer, Hancock’s Halfpenny, 1791/1788 mule [1792+], on a blank intended for a Halfpenny token of the Salop Woollen Manufactory, Shrewsbury, negro head left, barbadoes halfpenny and date, rev. pineapple, edge payable at shrewsbury, 30mm, 10.99g/2h (Lyall 86; Prid. 24; Spink F1). Obverse very fine, reverse from a very rusty die, extremely rare; very few specimens known £250-350

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 50