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18th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Cook and Mason, imitation Halfpenny, 1794, 9.10g/12h (DH 25d); Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1790, 11.91g/6h (DH Warwickshire 387); Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, 8.84g/6h (DH 59); together with other 18th century tokens, of Nottinghamshire (1), Shropshire (2), Staffordshire (1), Warwickshire (4) [11]. First three very fine and better, the Shropshires with a little original colour, others fine and better...
Hammer Price: £95
18th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Three Shillings and Sixpence, 1788, in silver, bust right, rev. barge sailing left, fine silver around, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 15.55g/12h (DH Warwickshire 337). Cleaned in the past, about very fine, reverse better, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £170
18th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Three Shillings and Sixpence, 1788, in silver, from the same dies as previous, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 15.43g/12h (DH Warwickshire 337). Fine and toned, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
18th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (2), 1787, 14.35g/12h (DH Warwickshire 359), 1790, 14.20g/6h (DH Warwickshire 387) [2]. First virtually as struck, obverse partly discoloured but reverse with full original colour, second extremely fine with original colour £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
18th Century Tokens, Somerset, Bath, William Gye, mule Halfpenny by Lutwyche, 8.88g/6h (DH 36d); John Jelly, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.99g/6h (DH 26, large flan); Mary Lambe & Son, Farthings (2), 1794, 4.65g/6h (DH 115), 1795, 4.61g/6h (DH 112a) [4]. About extremely fine and better, all except DH 26 with original colour £50-70
Hammer Price: £35
18th Century Tokens, Staffordshire, Lichfield, Samuel Barker, Farthing, 1794, in white metal, city arms, rev. s. barker dozener sadlers strt. ward· and date, toothed border, edge plain, 5.64g/12h (DH 29). A few light marks, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £220
18th Century Tokens, Staffordshire, Stafford, William Horton, Penny, 1801, 20.32g/6h (DH 3); together with other miscellaneous 18th century copper tokens (49), of Cornwall, Essex (3), Gloucestershire (2), Hampshire (7), Kent (7), Middlesex (16), Norfolk (4), Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Sussex (2), Warwickshire (3), Wiltshire [50]. First good very fine with attractive rainbow patina, others fine to very fine, no duplication £180-220
Hammer Price: £200
18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Beccles, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.88g/6h (DH 16); Blything, Sir John Rous, Halfpenny, 1794, 11.24g/12h (DH 19); Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 10.50g/6h (DH 22), 9.39g/6h (DH 22d), Samuel Prentice, Samuel Delf and Mathias Abel Sr, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.58g/6h (DH 21); Bury St Edmunds, Michael Apsey, Halfpence (2), 10.60g/6h (DH 28), 9.18g/6h (DH 28a), Philip Deck, Halfpenny, 10.52g/11h (DH 26), James Goer, Halfpenny, 9.40g/12h (DH 27),...
Hammer Price: £230
18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Hoxne and Hartsmere, Thomas Tallant, Pennies, 1795 (2), smooth edge, 20.56g/6h, rough edge, 20.02g/12h (both DH 6a), Halfpenny, 1795, 11.72g/6h (DH 33a) [3]. Last virtually as struck with full original colour, others good very fine and patinated £70-90
Hammer Price: £110
18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Hoxne and Hartsmere, Thomas Tallant, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, yeoman leaning against horse, rev. castle in crowned Garter, edge god save the king and constitution, 13.72g/5h (DH 33a). Trifling rim nicks and has been cleaned in the past, otherwise very fine and very rare £150-200
18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Ipswich, James Conder, Penny, 1795, 13.92g/12h (DH 10), Halfpenny, 1794, 10.83g/12h (DH 35) [2]. Extremely fine, former with some original colour on reverse £120-150
Hammer Price: £160
18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Ipswich, James Conder, Penny, 1797, bust of Cardinal Wolsey left, rev. jmc cypher, edge plain, 17.41g/12h (DH 12). Virtually as struck with attractive patina, rare £120-150
18th Century Tokens, Surrey, Lambeth, Denton’s mule Farthing, deformed dwarf, sir jeffery dunstan, rev. crown in radiated circle, edge plain, 3.97g/6h (DH 20). Extremely fine, patinated £50-70
Hammer Price: £75
18th Century Tokens, Surrey, West Clandon, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Clandon Place, rev. arms, edge lettered, 23.32g/1h (DH Middlesex 165). Usual die flaw on obverse at 8 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, attractive light brown patina £60-80
18th Century Tokens, Sussex, Battle, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1796, ruins of Battle Abbey, rev. battle promissory halfpenny payable in susex, edge grained, 11.43g/6h (DH 1). Extremely fine and bronzed, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
18th Century Tokens, Sussex, Winchelsea, Richard Maplesden, Halfpenny, 1794, bee-hive and bees, tree at right, rev. arms, edge payable in lancaster london or bristol, 9.48g/6h (DH 40a). Obverse good very fine with a little original colour, reverse very fine but partly weak, extremely rare £80-100
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, family arms in shield, rev. gb cypher, edge plain, 17.65g/6h (DH 64a). Extremely fine with dark patina and sharp rims, very rare £150-200
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, a trial of the unfinished obv. die for his Halfpenny, in copper, family arms, crest of an armed warrior above, no hatching in shield, ghb cypher below, edge plain, 13.74g (DH 65 bis II; Jan II, 107). About extremely fine with a hint of original colour in the legends, of the highest rarity, only one other specimen believed extant £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,500
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, family arms, crest of an armed warrior above, ghb cypher below, rev. figure of Justice in sunken oval divides date in Roman numerals, facta aquato examine pendit, edge plain, 14.77g/12h (DH 67a). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare £250-350
Hammer Price: £320
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. similar, facta aquato examine librat, edge plain, 14.69g/12h (DH 68). Virtually as struck with attractive dark brown patina, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £270
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, in white metal, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 9.60g/12h (DH 68). Some spotting both sides, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare £150-200
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Birmingham Mining & Copper Co, Halfpence (7), 1791, 13.77g/6h (DH 78), 1792 (6), 13.72g/6h (DH 85), 13.44g/6h (DH 85 but edge plain, unpublished), 14.04g/6h (DH 87), 12.92g/5h (DH 89), 13.61g/6h (DH 92), 13.31g/6h (DH 93) [7]. DH 85 and 93 extremely fine with a hint of original colour, DH 78 very fine and extremely rare, others fine and better, all very rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Birmingham Coining & Copper Co, imitation Halfpence, 1794 (15), 9.79g/5h (DH 72), 8.16g/6h (DH 72a), 11.21g/6h (DH 73a), 8.68g/7h (DH 73d), 11.34g/6h (DH 74b), 9.76g/6h (DH 74k, edge reads breeches and glove manufactory), 9.71g/6h (DH 74l), 9.79g/6h, 9.77g/6h, 9.31g/6h (all DH 74m), 9.46g/6h (DH 74n), 11.83g/6h (DH 75a), 10.14g/6h (DH 75e), 10.00g/6h (DH 75g), 9.57g/7h (DH 75h), Farthing, 4.36g/6h (DH 477); Birming[ha]m Company, Halfpence, 1793...
Hammer Price: £260
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Clarke, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia crowning bust of George III with laurel wreath, rev. oak tree at left, four ships in background, britanniæ tutamen, edge payable at the house of john clarke bull street, 12.33g/5h (DH 122). From the dies in unflawed state, extremely fine with attractive dark patina, very rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £280
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Joseph Farror, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.12g/12h (DH 45), mule Halfpenny, 1792, 11.76g/6h (DH 49); Kempson’s Halfpence, 1793 (3), 11.19g/12h (DH 50), 9.83g/12h (DH 50d), 9.80g/12h (DH 50h); mule Halfpence (7), 8.32g/6h (DH 51), 7.68g/6h (DH 52), 9.34g/6h (DH 53), edge payable in london and engrailed, 8.08g/6h (DH 53, edge unpublished), 9.70g/6h (DH 59), 9.62g/6h (DH 59a), 9.88g/5h (DH 61) [12]. DH 50d fine and extremely rare, DH 52 and 53 with...
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Peter Kempson, Pennies, 1796 (2), 26.88g/12h (DH 6), 26.45g/12h (DH 20); Thomas Wyon, Penny, 1796, 22.69g/12h (DH 25) [3]. Extremely fine and better, second with much original colour £120-150
Hammer Price: £130
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Charles Pye, a trial of the obv. die for his Halfpenny, 1797, in white metal, cp cypher, birmingham halfpenny for exchange around, edge plain, 7.43g (DH 222). Some light surface spotting, otherwise very fine and of the highest rarity, perhaps the only known specimen £400-600
Hammer Price: £1,300
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, mounted yeoman riding left, warwickshire yeomanry, etc, rev. promissory penny token issued by thomas welch second troop and date, edge armed to preserve our lives property and constitution against foreign and domestic enemies, 27.86g/6h (DH 27a). A few surface marks and obverse partially toned, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £150-200
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Workhouse, Halfcrown, 1788, in copper, female giving alms, rev. cypher 19.15g/12h (DH 1). Good very fine and nicely patinated £40-50
Hammer Price: £55
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Workhouse, Shilling, 1799, in copper, beehive and bees, rev. value and date, 3.33g/6h (DH 5). Good fine and patinated, very rare £80-100
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s gilt specimen Halfpenny, 1793, boy with press, rev. shield with hedgehogs, current every where edge, 11.00g/12h (DH 50; cf. DNW 64, 1008). Several surface marks, otherwise extremely fine, reverse nearly so, rare £50-70
Hammer Price: £45
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Churches and Chapels, Halfpence (8), Ashted Chapel, 13.97g/6h (DH 148), St Bartholomew’s Chapel, 14.07g/6h (DH 151), St John’s Chapel, 12.97g/12h (DH 153), St Martin’s Church, 11.17g/12h (DH 154), St Mary’s Chapel (2), 10.93g/12h (DH 156), 13.60g/12h (DH 157), St Paul’s Chapel, 12.29g/12h (DH 172), St Philip’s Church, 12.89g/6h (DH 175) [8]. Extremely fine, first two patinated, others all with considerable original...
Hammer Price: £240
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Churches and Chapels, Halfpence (8), Old Meeting Destroyed, 14.03g/12h (DH 160), Old Meeting Rebuilt, 12.39g/12h (DH 162), St John’s Chapel, 12.85g/12h (DH 153), St Martin’s Church (2), 11.96g/12h, 11.89g/12h (both DH 154), St Paul’s Chapel, 12.83g/12h (DH 172), St Philip’s Church (2), 10.88g/6h (DH 174), 11.94g/6h (DH 175) [8]. DH 162 and 175 extremely fine with considerable original colour, DH 153 and 160 very fine, others...
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (7), Blue School, 11.91g/6h (DH 194), General Hospital, 11.89g/12h (DH 181), Navigation Office, 12.74g/12h (DH 210), Old Cross, 11.47g/12h (DH 189), Soho Manufactory, 10.12g/6h (DH 213), Theatre, 14.62g/12h (DH 216), bust of George III, 12.73g/6h (DH 218) [7]. About extremely fine and better, all patinated £50-70
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (7), Free School, 9.18g/6h (DH 200), General Hospital, 11.66g/6h (DH 180), Library, 12.08g/6h (DH 184a), Navigation Office, 12.58g/12h (DH 210), Old Cross, 11.66g/6h (DH 188), Welch Cross, 11.52g/6h (DH 191), bust of George III, 8.96g/6h (DH 218); Coventry, Robert Reynolds, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 10.89g/12h (DH 248), 11.51g/12h (DH 249), Lutwyche’s imitation Halfpenny, 8.62g/5h (DH 254b) [10]. DH 188 and 218...
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, 50th Birthday of Joseph Priestley, 1783, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock, bust right, rev. apparatus for experiments, 19.81g/12h (DH 33). Usual flaw on reverse rim, otherwise good very fine, scarce £50-70
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Coventry, John Nickson, Halfpenny, 1799, three-quarter bust of John Hales in cap with tassel, holding deed with two seals, rev. elevation of the Free School, windows with lattice-work, edge halfpenny payable by john nickson and date, 17.03g/6h (DH 306 variant). About extremely fine, extremely rare £150-200
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Coventry, Kempson’s Churches, Halfpence (4), Cathedral, 13.65g/6h (DH 257), Grey Friars Steeple, 13.59g/6h (DH 259), St John’s, 12.85g/6h (DH 262), Trinity, 15.52g/6h (DH 265); Kempson’s Gates, Halfpence (6), Cook Street, 13.10g/6h (DH 269), Grey Friars, 13.78g/6h (DH 271), Mill Lane, 13.62g/6h (DH 274), Spon, 14.50g/6h (DH 277), White Friars (2), 13.39g/6h (DH 279), 13.54g/6h (DH 280) [10]. DH 269 extremely fine with considerable original colour, DH...
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Coventry, Kempson’s Churches, Halfpence (3), Grey Friars Steeple, 13.55g/6h (DH 259), St John’s, 14.62g/6h (DH 262), Trinity, 13.97g/6h (DH 265); Kempson’s Gates, Halfpence (4), Cook Street, 13.60g/6h (DH 269), Spon, 14.47g/6h (DH 277), White Friars (2), 13.41g/6h, 13.30g/6h (both DH 279); Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (3), Bablake Hospital, 13.10g/6h (DH 282a), Barracks, 13.40g/6h (DH 284), Ford’s Hospital, 13.31g/6h (DH 293a) [10]. About...
Hammer Price: £300
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Coventry, Kempson’s Churches, Halfpence (3), all with bust of Handel, Grey Friars Steeple, 13.03g/6h (DH 260), Trinity, 13.07g/12h (DH 266a), White Friars, 13.47g/6h (DH 268); Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (2), both with bust of Handel, Barracks, 13.41g/6h (DH 285), Free School, 13.21g/5h (DH 298) [5]. DH 268 extremely fine with original colour, others very fine and better, all rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £360
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