Scarce Picard’s Duke of Wellington Hull (Yorkshire) Anglo Canadian halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Wellington, wearing laurel. Reverse: Legend in centre and round periphery listing major battles and their dates. Diagonally milled edge (//////). These Peninsular War tokens are thought to have been issued by Picard, the owner of the Hull Lead Works, who spent some of his time in London and took to gambling his fortune away, eventually becoming bankrupt in 1827 and dying in reduced circumstances in 1843. Listed in Paul & Bente Withers' "British Copper Tokens 1811-1820" as "SCARCE". Interesting historical token in good collectable condition, see photograph. Withers No: 1516, Davis Yorkshire No: 105(var). Diameter 27.7mm. (↑↑) VF+. £25.00 e-mail David at enquiries@abccoinsandtokens.com to order. |