Auction Catalogue

19 March 2009

Starting at 10:30 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 392

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£140

18th Century Tokens, Middlesex [incorporating London], Kempson’s Sir Isaac Newton Farthings, 1793 (4), 4.39g/1h, 4.32g/1h, 3.68g/12h (all DH 1151), 3.86g/6h (DH 1159); Skidmore’s Farthings (2), bust of George II left, revs. may a flowing trade, etc, 4.73g/6h (DH 1127; BHM 415), stork on cornucopia, 4.78g/6h (DH 1128); Uncertain manufacturers, ‘Pro Bono Publico’ Farthings (2), both W.P. 1757 issues, 2.65g/6h (DH 1171), 2.57g/6h (DH 1172), plumes in shield issues, 1796, 2.79g/12h (DH 1168); Queen Charlotte, c. 1788, a brass medalet by Wilmore Alston & Co, 25mm, 4.39g/12h (DH 947; BHM 278); George III, Recovery from Illness, 1789, medalets by Wilmore Alston & Co (3), in brass, 25mm, 3.48g/12h (DH 938; BHM 310), in silver, 3.80g/12h, in brass, 4.45g/12h, both 25mm (both DH 939; BHM 310); George III and Queen Charlotte, c. 1790, a brass medalet by W. Mainwaring, 24mm, 6.19g/11h (DH 944; BHM 35), a brass medalet by T. Wyon Sr, 22mm, 2.69g/12h (DH 1137; BHM 340); Irish Commerce Protected [1800], copper medalets (2), 19mm, 2.95g/6h (DH 1165; BHM 492), 20mm, 1.81g/6h (DH 1164; Cobwright M0010/C0010; BHM 492) [17]. DH 938, 939 in silver, 1127 and 1128 good very fine or better, others generally fine to very fine, some better
£80-100