British Tokens

18th Century Tokens, Fife-shire, Burntisland, Burntisland Vitriol Co, Halfpenny, 1797, 10.10g/6h (DH 2; Bell, CC p.251, this piece); Kirkcaldy, P. Henderson, Farthing, 2.10g/6h (DH 9), Thomas Ronald, Farthing, 2.85g/4h (DH 10); Newburgh, J.M. Sharp, Farthing, 2.83g/12h (DH 16) [3]. First very fine, second fair, third better than fine but metal fault in centre of obverse, last good very fine and rare £90-120

Provenance: DH 2 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 179 (part), bt R. Gladdle February 1997; DH 9 bt R. Gladdle March 2002; DH 10 bt J.L. Holman May 1998; *DH 16 bt J. Whitmore May 2002