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1/2 Penny Middlesex - National Series / Prince of Wales
| Issuer | Private Issue (Great Britain) |
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| Year | 1789 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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The "National Series" conders were produced by a loose network of private token issuers capitalizing on a near-total collapse of official British small change in the late 1780s — the Royal Mint had struck almost no copper coinage since 1775, leaving wages below a shilling essentially unpayable in legitimate coin. Middlesex became the most prolific county in this private minting boom, with dozens of distinct types appearing in just a few years. The Prince of Wales association here is commercial flattery, not royal endorsement; token issuers routinely attached popular figures to their dies to drive collector demand from the start.