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Great Britain - 1811

Newark Penny - (Nottinghamshire)

Obverse:

A view of a castle and the river, a small sailing boat and a man rowing a boat on the river, a small H hidden among the bushes at the left.

Legend:

NEWARK TOKEN FOR ONE PENNY+

Exergue:

1811

Size:

34.8 mm.

Edge:

center grained backslash

Reverse:

In the center within a circle in six lines: T. STANSALL / CHARLES MOOR / RICH^D FISHER / W^M FILLINGHAM / W^M READETT / T. WILSON

Legend:

THE CURRENT VALUE

Exergue:

• PAYABLE IN CASH NOTES •

Vern's Comments:

The obverse shows damage from a rusty die. The reverse some breakage at the ES of NOTES.

Withers:
T Stansall, C Moor, R Fisher, W Fillingham, W Readett and T Wilson

880 Penny, 1811.
NEWARK TOKEN FOR ONE PENNY+ view of a castle and the river, a small H on ground at the left, 1811 below.
℞ THE CURRENT VALUE • PAYABLE IN CASH NOTES • around; in centre, within a circle T. STANSALL CHARLES MOOR RICH^D FISHER W^M FILLINGHAM W^M READETT T. WILSON in 6 lines. The top of the M of FILLINGHAM lines to the middle of the S, the bottom lines to the end of E of NOTES
Davis 13
Edge : centre grained backslash D18.
35mm 18.4g Die axis ↑↓. VC

Wm Fillingham was a linen and woollen draper, of Stockmans-street. Fisher and Fillingham, as a partnership, had a shop in Market-place. Holden's triennial directory, 1809-11, lists Wm Readett as a grocer and chandler. Pigot's 1828 directory, however, lists him as a maltster of Horton-lane. T Stansall was a grocer, and Thomas Wilson had a copper and braziery warehouse.
The dies are by Halliday.

Newark Penny - (Nottinghamshire)