
▲ 11 r/WhatCarIsThis
What is this orange beast prowling the streets of Manhattan?
u/exonumismaniac — 9 hours ago

^(Not Local, Dalton 20, Davis 15.)
^(Withers 2065, Davis 11, RR.)
^(NGC PF63 (debatable).)
^(Withers 473a; Davis 111. Gilt proof, RRR.)
While not as numerous as ship-related Conders, there are easily over a dozen types featuring a nautical theme in the 1811-1820 series of British copper and silver tokens that circulated during a drastic shortage of "official" Regal coinage. One of my higher-grade examples is this 1811 halfpenny issued by the Bristol Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory of Somersetshire.
Sheathing nails were used in shipbuilding to fasten overlapping protective sheets of copper over a ship's hull below the waterline.