New York Theatre Token
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About This Coin
The New York Theatre Token group of the Post-1776 Private and Regional Issues (1778-1820) series holds the pieces described below. The Theatre at New York penny shows the façade of the theatre, signed JACOBS below the steps; the dies are credited to Benjamin Jacobs and the striking to Peter Skidmore in London (search). PCGS lists it as Middlesex-167 in Dalton and Hamer's catalogue of British tokens, and the known pieces are proofs made for collectors (search). Sources differ on whether the edge reads WE PROMISE or I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY (search).
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