The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens

19th Century, Channel Islands, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney, Penny, 1813, plume of feathers, reverse legend, edge grained right, struck en médaille (D. 10; McCammon T6, variety i; Prid. 62). Some staining to surface, otherwise very fine, a good example (£40-60)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens.

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Bell, CCC p.159.

The circulation of English private tokens was banned in Guernsey in March 1813, but whether such a ban was meant to make it easier for tokens naming the Channel Islands to circulate, or whether all tokens were barred from circulating, is not known