Description: This Skidmore’s Register Stove London (Middlesex) copper Conder halfpenny token, dated 1795 (Dalton & Hamer Middlesex No. 480; Atkins 361; 29.2 mm.) has superb eye appeal with superb color and surfaces. There is some original red luster on the obverse, and a die flaw on the reverse within the word “CLERKENWELL” in the legend. Obverse: Register stove within a circle, with legend on its four sides: “No 123 | HIGH| HOLBORN | LONDON” and legend around: “PAYABLE AT SKIDMORES FURNISHING REPOSITORY *”. Reverse: Two men at a forge, with legend below: “1795”, and legend around: “MANUFACTORY . &. IRON-FOUNDRY . CLERKENWELL *”. Diagonally milled edge \\\\\\. John Skidmore (1748-1823), with his sons Meremoth and Gamaliel, became very successful stove grate manufacturers in London. They carried on an iron-foundry and held the appointment of stove grate maker to His Majesty's Board of Ordnance. Another son, Paul Skidmore (b. 1775), was a token maker in Holborn. Skidmore & Son, circa 1795 or 1796, produced numerous tokens, ultimately responsible for more than a quarter of all the token varieties produced in the late 18th century, including those issued by Matthew Denton, Thomas Prattent, and Thomas Spence.
Price: 225 USD
Location: Somers, New York
End Time: 2023-12-27T18:26:56.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Denomination: 1/2p
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Composition: Copper
Year: 1795
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Country/Region: England
Certification: Uncertified
