Berkshire Reading, gold 40 Shilling Monck
19th Century Token, struck in gold, Berkshire, gold Forty Shillings Token, 1812, crowned bust of king Alfred left, with sceptre, ALFRED below truncation, date at bottom, legend commences lower left, PIGNORA CERTA PETIS DO PIGNORA CERTA, rev. legend and weight in five straight lines at centre, 40 / SHILLINGS / BERKS TOKEN / STANDD GOLD / 6 DWTS 18 GR, with READING curving below, all within linear circle, legend and outer toothed border surrounding, PAYABLE IN BK NOTES A 6S THE DWT BY I.B.MONCK ESQRE, plain edge, weight 10.42g (Dalton 1; Davis 1). Lightly toned, with some light handling marks and nicks, otherwise a pleasing example of this extremely rare gold token of Forty Shillings, a two pound piece as it were, good very fine.
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19th Century Token, struck in gold, Berkshire, gold Forty Shillings Token, 1812, crowned bust of king Alfred left, with sceptre, ALFRED below truncation, date at bottom, legend commences lower left, PIGNORA CERTA PETIS DO PIGNORA CERTA, rev. legend and weight in five straight lines at centre, 40 / SHILLINGS / BERKS TOKEN / STANDD GOLD / 6 DWTS 18 GR, with READING curving below, all within linear circle, legend and outer toothed border surrounding, PAYABLE IN BK NOTES A 6S THE DWT BY I.B.MONCK ESQRE, plain edge, weight 10.42g (Dalton 1; Davis 1). Lightly toned, with some light handling marks and nicks, otherwise a pleasing example of this extremely rare gold token of Forty Shillings, a two pound piece as it were, good very fine.
