Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

19th Century Tokens, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (?), Nailsworth (?), Remmington & Smith, copper Halfcrown, 1804, legend around value, rev. we promise to pay the bearer on demand a one pound note for eight of these pieces, edge plain, 39mm, 17.08g/6h (D Not Local 17; cf. Davis Sale, 701 [= Norman II, 310]). Pierced, otherwise fine, extremely rare; very few specimens known £150-£200

Provenance: Bt Spink 1971.

It is believed that the issuer was John Remmington, a broadcloth manufacturer and the proprietor of the Gigg spinning mill near Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, who lived at Horsley, near Minchinhampton. Remmington, whose clients included the East India Co, retired in 1811. Research potential