1791 Liverpool Halfpenny Token - Higher Grade - Condor Token 1791, Lancashire - Liverpool 1791 Sail Ship 1/2 Penny

This listing is for the photographed 1791 Lancashire - Liverpool Halfpenny Token. This is for the actual coin pictured. Amazing piece of history. More information on this coin type below. Excellent detail, and a great piece for a collection. Reverse: Coat of Arms of the city of Liverpool (a cormorant in shield surmounted by another, both holding seaweed in beaks, with bulrushes either side), date below. Lettering: DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT. 1791 Translation: God has bestowed these blessings on us Conder tokens, also known as 18th-century provincial tokens, were a form of privately minted token coinage struck and used during the later part of the 18th century and the early part of the 19th century in England, Anglesey and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. The driving force behind the need for token coinage was the shortage of small denomination coins for everyday transactions. However, the demand was fueled by other factors such as the Industrial Revolution, population growth, and the prepo