Rare William Shakespeare Little Turnstile Stratford Halfpenny 1796

Rare William Shakespeare Stratford (Warwickshire) copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1796. Obverse: Legend on eight lines: “STRUCK IN HONOR AND TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF SHAKESPEARE BORN APRIL 1564 DIED APRIL 1616”. Reverse: Two children playing on a turnstile: LITTLE TURNSTILE HALFPENNY 1796”. Plain edge. Listed in Dalton & Hamer as R - RARE. Lovely collectable condition with slightly light strike in centre of reverse, see photograph.

D&H Warwickshire No: 326. Diameter 29mm.  EF-. £145.00

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