439, Lot: 753. Estimate $75. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Somersetshire. Bristol. W. Sheppard. AR Shilling Token (25mm, 3.97 g, 12h). Dated September 6 1811. • LET TRADE & COMMERCE FLOURISH • BRISTOL ISSUED BY W. SHEPPARD. EXCHANGE around, arms of Bristol with supporters; SEP^T 6 1811 in exergue / SOMERSETSHIRE WILTSHIRE/ GLOUCESTERSHIRE in two lines above, SOUTH WALES/ AND BRISTOL TOKEN in two lines below, in center, VALUE/ 12/ PENCE in three lines within oak wreath. Dalton 49; TB 49. EF, toned, once polished.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.

W. Sheppard was a stationer and a seller of books and medicines.