FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS

A BEAUTIFUL COPPER HALFPENNY TRADE TOKEN OF THE ISLE OF MAN BANKING COMPANY, MINTED AT THE ISLE OF MAN, DATED 1831 AD

QUOCUNQUE JECERIS STABIT means wherever you throw me, I will land, which is the motto of the small Isle of Man located between Scotland, Ireland, and England. This halfpenny token was issued by the Isle of Man Banking Company in Castletown.

THE SIZE IS 28.4 MM AND 8.16 GRAMS.

OBVERSE – Triskeles QUOCUNQUE JECERIS STABIT

REVERSE – HALF PENNY TOKEN - PRO BONO PUBLICO 1831

EDGE - Plain

A period of coin shortage occurred in the late 18th century, when the British Royal Mint almost ceased production. Merchants produced tokens, and they were machine made and typically larger than their 17th century predecessors, with values of a halfpenny or more. While many were used in trade, they were also produced for advertising and political purposes, and some series were produced for the primary purpose of sale to collectors. The early tokens are usually known as Conder tokens, after the writer of the first reference book on them.

These were issued by merchants in payment for goods with the agreement that they would be redeemed in goods to an equivalent value at the merchants\' own outlets. The transaction is therefore one of barter, with the tokens playing a role of convenience, allowing the seller to receive his goods at a rate and time convenient to himself and the merchant, to tie the holder of the token coin to his shop. Trade tokens often change slowly and subtly into barter tokens over time, as evidenced by the continued circulation of former trade tokens when the need for their use had passed.

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