Below are some articles, websites and useful reference material I have found throughout the years. 

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The silver token-coinage mainly issued between 1811 and 1812 by Richard Dalton

The standard Reference guide for silver tokens issued by merchants in the early 19th Century (mainly 1811 and 1812 but with a few outliers)

Great reference material to study the different varieties in these tokens that were issued. Although "The Token Book" by Paul & Bente R Withers was re-released recently this unfortunately summarised the tokens a little too much with removing a lot of the individual Dalton numbers and not allowing you to figure out what the differences are in the varieties (including multiples under the same image), this full catalogue breaks them down well and provides about 90% of what you need. The other 10% is due to a personal preference and how dated the images are, these are due for a modern update where identifying the varieties could be made a little easier, with letter orientation and minute differences a bit difficult to spot at times on these black and white(orange and brown?) images. 

I managed to source a 1st edition from this link (signed by Dalton and numbered #39/200, so somewhat special, problem is i'm always cautious to use it as i don't want to damage something so historically significant so i rarely open it and use this online version instead.

 

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Mr. Pepys' Small Change

Absolutely amazing website with write ups and deep dives into the history and stories that some 17th century trade tokens tell.

This site goes into fascinating details using breakdowns from contemporary records of where the shops were located, who the people were etc. A particularly amazing example is one of a token and store being based on the famous London bridge

Due to the nature of these tokens and the story they tell of the every day need of small change that the royal mint was not providing at the time, i find the tokens a fascinating dive into the necessity of coins and how the demand for these caused every day traders to take matters into their own hands. The details on these tokens are fascinating and something I collect as part of my own studies.

Something I always find a shame to be missing from the general price catalogues and auction listings is that the full story and history is missing from the listings. Although i do understand that the listings and catalogues have limited space/scope and you need to search elsewhere for this information.

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"DIE-MAKING IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY . "

Great BNJ article about how medieval dies were produced using basic punches, shows the breakdown of how a Henry III penny obverse was produced using these.