1 Quarto James Spittle

James Spittle operated as a tradesman in Birmingham during the early 19th century, issuing copper tokens at a moment when the Royal Mint's output of small-denomination coinage remained chronically inadequate for retail trade. The 1820 date places this piece in the twilight of the provincial token era — Parliament had moved to suppress private token issues, and the Mint Reform Act of 1817 had already begun consolidating coinage authority. Tokens like this one were increasingly illegal to issue, which likely kept production runs short.