19th Century Tokens, Not Local: Halfpenny, 1815, in brass, ship, ships colonies and commerce, rev. for publick accommodation, edge plain, 4.63g/12h (W 2095; cf. DNW 157, 567). Good fine, very rare; superior to both the Withers plate piece and that sold by DNW earlier this year £100-£200

Provenance: D.B. Bailey Collection.

Associated with the Isle of Man by virtue of sharing the reverse die with an 1830 imitation issue of John McTurk of Douglas