(1796) Token Die Trial - Myddelton, Uniface
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This uniface die trial in copper is associated with Philip Parry Price Myddelton, a Welsh entrepreneur who envisioned establishing a utopian colony in Kentucky during the late 18th century. Myddelton commissioned elaborate token coinage from the renowned Birmingham manufacturer Matthew Boulton, using dies engraved by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler at the Soho Mint in England. The tokens were intended to circulate as local currency in the planned settlement. Only one side of the token is impressed on this piece. The token's obverse shows Hope presenting two children to Liberty, with the legend BRITISH SETTLEMENT KENTUCKY, and most surviving tokens are silver proofs. Myddelton's Kentucky colony was never successfully established, making these tokens a fascinating artifact of an unrealized American dream. The piece represents the intersection of British industrial coinage technology and American frontier ambition.
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Breen-1073; Dalton & Hamer Middlesex 371
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