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1/2 Penny Middlesex - Shackelton's
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1794 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANCIS SHACKELTON LONDON. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Middlesex conder tokens flooded British trade in the 1790s to compensate for a near-total collapse in official copper coinage — the Royal Mint had struck virtually no regal halfpennies since 1775, leaving merchants to commission their own. Shackelton's token, catalogued by Dalton & Hamer as 477, belongs to this explosion of merchant-issued copper that briefly made provincial tradesmen into de facto minters.
The spelling "Shackelton" on the token — rather than the more common "Shackleton" — is consistent across known die states for this variety.