York's private silver token issues of 1811 fall within the broader English silver token movement triggered by the near-total disappearance of regal silver from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply worn beyond use after decades of government inaction. The Bank of England's own dollar tokens and subsequent shilling issues couldn't reach every provincial town, which left firms like Cattle and Barber to fill the gap through private contract.
Davis 58 and Dalton 79 track the same piece through different cataloging traditions, a reminder that Yorkshire tokens were documented piecemeal by regional collectors long before any unified reference existed.
York's private silver token issues of 1811 fall within the broader English silver token movement triggered by the near-total disappearance of regal silver from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply worn beyond use after decades of government inaction. The Bank of England's own dollar tokens and subsequent shilling issues couldn't reach every provincial town, which left firms like Cattle and Barber to fill the gap through private contract.
Davis 58 and Dalton 79 track the same piece through different cataloging traditions, a reminder that Yorkshire tokens were documented piecemeal by regional collectors long before any unified reference existed.