426, Lot: 622. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL & PRE-FEDERAL. Nonlocal Imports. CU Halfpenny Token. ‘Kentucky’ or ‘Starry Pyramid’ type. ‘Tower’ standard. Westwood’s (Birmingham) mint. Struck circa 1793-1796. Hand extending scroll left / Pyramid consisting of fifteen blazing stars, bearing the initials of the first fifteen states of the union; annulets around; all set on sun rays; rosette below. Plain edge. Breen 1155; Whitman W-8800; D&H 59c (Lancashire). In PCGS encapsulation, 28924800, graded AU 50.

The positioning of the K on the top star has led to colloquial designation of this type as a“Kentucky cent.”