1 Shilling Somersetshire - Bristol / E. Bryan
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Features
| Issuer |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1811 |
| Value | 1 Shilling (1⁄20) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1971) |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 4.5 g |
| Diameter | 24.7 mm |
| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 15 October 1831 |
| Number | N# 153282 |
| References | Dalton# 21/22 Richard Dalton; 1968. The Silver Token Coinage 1811-12. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom. William John Davis; 1904. The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man: To which are added tokens of over one penny value of any period. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
(en) Arms of Bristol with unicorn supporters, legend around, date below
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
ONE SHILLING TOKEN GENUINE DOLLAR SILVER
3 DWT
NOVR 1·1811.
Reverse
(en) Two lines of lettering around oak wreath with issuers's name inside
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
SOMERSET WILTS DEVON·
GLOUCESTERSHIRE·
ISSUED BY
E · BRYAN
BRISTOL
NORTH AND SOUTH WALES·
AND BRISTOL TOKEN·
Edge
Frezowany
Comments
(en) Two minor varieties exist:
Dalton#21 Token pictured above;
Dalton#22 Similar obverse, date closer together, period after 1811; Similar reverse, E · BRYAN in a shorter line
Dalton#21 Token pictured above;
Dalton#22 Similar obverse, date closer together, period after 1811; Similar reverse, E · BRYAN in a shorter line
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1811 | (en) Dalton#21 | 88% | |||||||||||||
| 1811 | (en) Dalton#22 | 13% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 90
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