Token - 1/2 Penny, Solomon, Dickson & Taylor, St Helena, 1821
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1821
1/2 Penny, Issued by Solomon, Dickson & Taylor, St. Helena, circa 1821 Mint not recorded 'According to Philip Gosse in his book St. Helena 1502-1938, 'L147 worth of halfpenny tokens (70,560) were issued and were in circulation for many years before they came to official notice, when orders were issued for there withdrawal' Vice p. 232 who goes on to suggest those orders were probably in 1834 when the Crown took over from the East India Company.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Edge
- Diagonal milling, ///
- Shape
- Round
- Material
- Copper
- Dimensions
- 28 mm (Outside Diameter), 8.706 g (Weight)
Technical characteristics
- Die axis
- 06
- Date issued
- 1821 AD
- Denomination
- 1/2 Penny
- Issuer recorded
- Solomon, Dickson & Taylor (St Helena)
Design
- Obverse
- At centre in script lettering, SDT; around, ONE HALFPENNY
- Reverse
- Around, PAYABLE AT ST. HELENA; at centre, BY / SOLOMON / DICKSON / AND / TAYLOR
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-56880
- Museum object number
- NU 14488
- Catalogue references (museum record)
- Vice 5; KM#Tn1
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type and source attribution against specialist references.