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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 813

HAMPSHIRE, Basingstoke Canal, John Pinkerton, Shilling, 1789 [7 over 8], BASINGSTOKE CANAL, barge sailing left, date in exergue, rev. IOHN PINKERTON, wheelbarrow and tools, VALUE ONE SHILLING in two lines in exergue, engrained laureate leaf edge, 6h, 13.74g (D&H 1), the very lightest of pinmarking to the fields, otherwise with a pleasing brilliance and with a blue tone to chocolate brown surfaces, red to the edges of devices, good extremely fine

The Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals



These tokens are said to have passed current among the workmen engaged in the making of the Basingstoke Canal. John Pinkerton was the Secretary, and doubtless several of the early impressions would have be given to shareholders and other interested parties, who would have naturally been interested in the undertaking and also in the novel local currency.

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