BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, WALES, John Morgan, (1739-1805), iron master, tinplate producer, and grist mill owner, Uniface Copper Halfpenny, 1792, obv view of the interior of the ironworks, IOHN MORGANS IRONWORKS 1792 around on a raised rim, CAERMARTHEN on a label, lower roof beam to the G of MORGANS, no brickwork in the archway, rev blank, edge PAYABLE AT LONDON BRISTOL AND CAERMARTHEN . X . (Pye p.13, 2; Atkins p.288, 1; D&H Carmarthenshire 1). Initials "SHH" inked onto the reverse, otherwise essentially as made and very rare.
ex W J Davis Collection
ex S H Hamer Collection
Estimate: £1000-1500