Token ID help

[PRC120USN]

Hey all I dug this token today and am having trouble identifying it. I think it's from England. No luck searching tokencatalog.com was hoping someone here might have an ID or info. Happy Dirt Fishing all. Thanks!
Dan

 

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[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Mackaydon]

Stodman Street, Newark | The Royal Oak Pub | Newark Pubs & Breweries | Newark-on-Trent | Notts Places | Our Nottinghamshire
Don.....

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Cool Token - it should cleanup real nice !
As already posted ... just key word search some or all of the lettering on the Token in Google "Images" - you should be able to get an ID.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Very nice! Don't recall seeing an English token dug here in awhile.
Still can't quite figure out the denomination.
Kudos,
Carl

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice token.

 

[Erik in NJ]

The denomination is 1-1/2 d (pence).

The obverse says:

T Pope & Co.
Makers
Newhall St.
Birmm. (Birmingham)

 

[Red-Coat]

Welcome to Tnet.

It’s what we call a ‘tavern token’ (some folks generically call them ‘refreshment checks’). They were widely issued to address the problem that small change was often in short supply, such that if you had nothing smaller than a sixpence in your pocket, it was difficult to make small purchases. There was the additional benefit of a guaranteed return customer for the establishment that gave them to you as change... because you couldn't spend them anywhere else (except sometimes by local agreements between businesses).

Don has given you the pub that issued them and Erik has given you the maker.

T. Pope & Co, were manufacturers of tokens and medals, active between c1852-1881. They’re described in Slater's 1852-53 Trade Directory as being the 'successors to S. Hiron', at 52 St. Pauls Square Birmingham. They were at 14 Newhall Street between c1861-1877 and by c1881 had moved again to 35 Newhall Street.

 

[PRC120USN]

Thanks everyone for the info and identification!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Very nice, as well as unusual, token.