Watch List notes:

Great Britain, 1662, Token, VF; Great Britain, 1662 Token, VF, London. Puddle Dock. Robert Hale, halfpenny, 1662, Chandler. 1.8g, 18.71mm. W.2291. With small Michael Trenerry ticket, 10/1997. In England in the middle of the 17th century there was a chronic shortage of small change. When King Charles was executed in 1648 at the end of the Civil War there was a swift move towards the private production of copper and brass farthings and halfpence. Although these tokens were issued by local traders, the dies for the vast majority were prepared by die-makers in London. Once these were no longer redeemable, most were deliberately pierced or clipped to discourage use..