18th Century Tokens, Holt, David Arnot, Halfpence (3), Fame blowing trumpet, revs. sold at the spa house, etc (2), edge grained, 9.86g/6h (DH 3), edge plain, 6.14g/6h (DH 3a), building, b below, 8.19g/6h (DH 4); mule Halfpence by Kempson (6), Fame, rev. bust of George III, 9.42g/12h (DH 6), view of the Spa House (5), revs. beggar, 9.96g/6h (DH 7), legend, 10.18g/6h (DH 8), bust of George III, 9.81g/12h (DH 9), scales 1795-96, 9.85g/12h (DH 10), scales april 1796, 9.97g/6h (DH 11) [8]. DH 6, 7 and 8 extremely fine, DH 10 good fine, others generally very fine or better, some rare £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward.

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Provenance: *DH 8 bt P.C. Deane; DH 10 bt A. Hunt July 2008.

David Arnot, proprietor of the Spa House, Holt, opened a school for boys in September 1794. Holt’s medicinal waters were sold by Arnot’s London agent, John Griffiths, 27 St Alban’s street [now Waterloo place]