Charles Roe’s Chester (Cheshire) copper Conder halfpenny token undated. Obverse: Cypher: “R & Co”: “CHESTER” (Roe & Company) with owl crest. Reverse: Design of three castles and the points of the compass: “PROMISSORY * HALFPENNY * PAYABLE * AT”. Plain edge. This was issued by Charles Roe who became a partner in several copper mines, and the famous Anglesey Mines in Wales were first worked under his direction. Roe & Co., owned extensive works for smelting and making copper on land to the east of Macclesfield. Lovely collectable condition, struck from polished dies (though the reverse one is rusty as usual) resulting in reflective fields not picked up in photograph.

D&H Cheshire No: 5. Diameter 29mm. EF. £50.00

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