Live auction - fwo_533668 - BRITISH TOKENS OR JETTONS 1/2 Penny Anglesey (Pays de Galles) Parys Mine Company 1790 Birmingham

BRITISH TOKENS OR JETTONS 1/2 Penny Anglesey (Pays de Galles) Parys Mine Company 1790 Birmingham AU

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Estimate :	300 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	30 July 2019 18:04:56

Type : 1/2 Penny Anglesey (Pays de Galles) Parys Mine Company

Date: 1790

Mint name / Town : Birmingham

Quantity minted : -

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29, mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 14 g.

Edge : inscription incuse PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Beau token aux fins détails et couvert d’une jolie patine marron foncée

Catalogue references :

D&H380

Obverse

Obverse legend : (ANÉPIGRAPHE).

Obverse description : Buste d’un druide à gauche portant la barbe longue et la capuche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : THE ANGLESEY MINES HALFPENNY . / 1788.

Reverse description : Monogramme de la Parys Mine Company.

Commentary

A l’époque, la Parys Mines Company exploitait la plus grande mine de cuivre du monde située au Pays de Galles. Charles Pye, graveur de Birmingham, estimait la production de la compagnie à au moins 250 tonnes de pennies et 50 tonnes de demi-pennies, ce qui en faisait comme le plus gros émetteur de tokens en cuivre. Ces tokens étaient frappés dans un atelier appartenant à la compagnie et situé à Birmingham..
At the time, the Parys Mines Company operated the world's largest copper mine, located in Wales. Charles Pye, a Birmingham engraver, estimated the company's production at at least 250 tons of pennies and 50 tons of halfpennies, making it the largest issuer of copper tokens. These tokens were minted at a company-owned mint in Birmingham.