6 Pence Hampshire - Newport, Isle of Wight

The Union Token series issued from Newport in 1811 belongs to the last significant wave of British provincial silver tokens, driven by a chronic shortage of regal silver coinage that the Bank of England had failed to address for decades. Parliament's eventual response — the Great Recoinage of 1816 — rendered these pieces obsolete almost immediately, which is why so many survive in relatively unworn condition. Newport's issues are among the better-documented Isle of Wight tokens, catalogued consistently across both Dalton and Davis without significant attribution disputes.