1 Penny Nottingham - J M Fellows
1812 year| Copper | 20 g | 34 mm |
| Issuer | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
|---|---|
| Type | Token |
| Year | 1812 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Currency tokens (1798-1816) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 20 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 1817 |
| Updated | 2024-10-09 |
| Numista | N#89698 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 76% |
Reverse
A distant raised view of Nottingham castle with rocky foreground, date in large double exergue. Lettering around, beaded border
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ONE PENNY TOKEN
1812
Engraver: Peter Wyon
Edge
Centre grained/milled to left
Comment
These tokens were in circulation during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th /19th Century and were worth their weight in copper.
J Fellows & Company were bankers who survived the 1816 depression. Finally, through several mergers, they were to become Lloyds Bank in 1891.
JM Fellows was John Michael Fellows (1787-1854) the eldest of five sons of Banker John Fellows (1756-1829) and Sarah Pearson (1766-1832). John Michael was not a partner in the bank, although his brother Alfred Thomas (1790- ) was.
There is an 1813 version with NOTTINGHAM in the exergue below the date, and scrolls either side. Another (Withers 950) has NOTTINGHAM PENNY across the top, and TOKEN 1813 in exergue.
Interesting fact
One interesting fact about the Token 1 Penny (Nottingham - J M Fellows) 1812 from United Kingdom is that it was issued during a time when there was a severe shortage of official coins in circulation, leading to the use of private token coins like this one as a substitute for official currency.
