1 Shilling Hampshire - Andover / Wakeford's

Andover's Wakeford shillings belong to the wave of provincial silver tokens that flooded English commerce after 1811, when the near-total disappearance of regal silver coinage — hoarded or melted as bullion values rose — left market towns functionally unable to make change. W. S. & I. Wakeford were linen drapers, and issuing their own currency was less a financial ambition than a commercial necessity. The Dalton and Davis references cover two distinct varieties, differing in edge treatment and minor die details.