© ZacUK
© ZacUK
1 Shilling Nottingham - Newark / Town Hall
1811 year| Silver | 3.5 g | 24.85 mm |
| Issuer | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
|---|---|
| Type | Token |
| Year | 1811 |
| Value | 1 Shilling (1⁄20) |
| Currency | Currency tokens (1798-1816) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.5 g |
| Diameter | 24.85 mm |
| Thickness | 0.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 1817 |
| Updated | 2024-10-08 |
| Numista | N#90208 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 93% |
Reverse
An inscription in a circle and seven lines within. Toothed border
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THE CURRENT VALUE · PAYABLE IN CASH NOTES
T STANSALL
CHAS MOOR
RICHD FISHER
WM FILLINGHAM
WM READETT
AND
T. WILSON
Engraver: Thomas Halliday
Edge
Milled
Comment
The reverse names the local merchants who issued the token: the grocer Thomas Stansall, chemist Charles Moor, drapers Richard Fisher and William Fillingham, grocer William Readett, and brazier Thomas Wilson.Obverse and reverse varieties exist.
Interesting fact
One interesting fact about the Token 1 Shilling (Nottingham - Newark / Town Hall) 1811 from United Kingdom is that it was issued during a time when there was a shortage of official currency in circulation, and private tokens like this one were used as a substitute for official coins.
