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1/2 Penny Middlesex - London / Allen's
| Issuer | William Allen, London |
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| Year | 1795 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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William Allen was a prolific issuer in the Middlesex conder token series, producing pieces during the height of the 1790s small-change famine that left British workers unable to break larger coin for daily wages. The Royal Mint's near-total neglect of regal copper coinage through the 1780s and into the 1790s created the vacuum that tradesmen like Allen filled — semi-officially, and at their own commercial risk.
DH#246 sits in a densely populated series; Dalton and Hamer catalogued dozens of Allen-associated varieties, and die linkages between issues suggest Allen sourced work from one of the major token manufacturing firms, most likely in Birmingham.