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Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth, Robert Orchard, Penny, 1801, full-face bust in high relief, robert orchard sawbridgeworth herts, rev. book lying below tree, church in distance, sawbridgeworth penny token, edge plain, 32.66g/12h (DH 1, this piece noted; Judson 1060, this piece). Usual die flaw on reverse, several cuts and other defacing marks both sides, otherwise about very fine and patinated; the worst of the four attested specimens of this classic token £3,000-4,000
£3,000–£4,000
Kent, Appledore, William Peckham, Halfpence, 1794 (2), APPLEDORE edge, 9.76g/6h (DH 3), GOUDHURST edge, 9.89g/6h (DH 3a); Benenden, Thomas Reeves, Halfpenny, 1794, BENENDEN edge, 9.63g/6h (DH 4); Brookland, Thomas King, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.66g/6h (DH 5); Canterbury, John Matthews, Halfpenny, 1794, mathewss edge, 9.58g/6h (DH 6); James Robertson, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.38g/6h (DH 7); Edward Pillou, Halfpence, 1795 (2), small cypher, CANTERBURY edge, 9.35g/6h (DH 8), large cypher, CANTERBURY edge, 9...
£90–£120
Countermarked Tokens, Bute, Rothsay, a Spanish-American, Charles IIII, cut Third-Dollar, 179[–], obv. countermarked payable at rothsay mills ◊ around 1/8, 8.86g (Manville 96, and p.183, this coin not listed; D 64; Seaby ST 97). Coin mostly flat, countermark good fine £400-500
£400–£500
Mining, Uncertain location, brass bracteate, 1758, c. a:c., Y (or tree) dividing date, all in three lines, 23mm, 1.68g (D & W –; Burzinski –; Seaby ST –; Brodie –). Flan crimped, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £80-100
£80–£100
Theatre and Entertainment, London, Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, 1776, uniface copper, FIRST GALLY divided by central ornament, date below, countermarked P, back engraved (47), 31mm, 9.43g (D & W 19/207; MG 23). Very fine, rare £150-200
£150–£200
18th Century Tokens, Inverness-shire, Inverness, Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson, Halfpenny, 1796, rose and thistle united, rev. cornucopia, edge payable at mackintosh inglis & wilson’s, 9.72g/6h (DH 4). Reverse engraved in field (Princess of Wales for ever), otherwise fine, unusual £30-40
Hammer Price: £10
Durham, Stockton-on-Tees, Thomas King[s]ton, Kempson’s Halfpence, 1794 (2), MONTROSE edge, 8.08g/7h (DH 9a), PORTSEA edge [blundered], 9.59g/6h (DH 9b, note) [2]. First mediocre, second about fine, both rare £15-25
Clubs and Societies, LONDON, Société Mutuelle des Suisses (Est. 1703), copper Sixpence, cross, reads siusses, rev. value, 28mm, 11.23g/12h (D & W 192/721). Very fine and very rare £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
Badges, passes, etc (13), from Goodwood, Southport, Hickstead, Portsmouth, Huddersfield, etc [13]. Varied state; in envelopes described £20-30
Hammer Price: £25
Transport, YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, Sheffield & Rotherham Railway (Opened 1838), copper, legend in 7 lines, rev. omnibus check no. 3, stamped 736, 27mm (D & W 330/50; Smith p.159, item A; Noble II, 1114). Extremely fine with considerable original colour £40-50
Pre-17th Century Pieces, ‘Winetavern Street’ type, lead, angel with wings outstretched, rev. A, 1.12g. Obverse very fine, reverse fine £30-40
18th Century Tokens, Nottinghamshire, Arnold, Davison and Hawksley, Sixpence, 1791, fleece suspended from tree, rev. fasces and spear, edge plain, 6.43g/6h (DH 4; D & W 338/43). Good fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £30
Toy and card money, reproductions, etc (approx. 200), various [Lot]. Varied state; in envelopes described, some in manufacturer’s sealed display packs £15-25
Bell, R.C., Tradesmen’s Tickets and Private Tokens, 1785-1819, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1966, xii + 315pp, illustrations in text; Bell, R.C., Specious Tokens and those struck for General Circulation, 1784-1804, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1968, xvii + 257pp, illustrations in text, 1968 valuation sheet tipped-in; Bell, R.C., The Building Medalets of Kempson and Skidmore, 1796-1797, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1978, 183pp, illustrations in text, dj [3]. Publishers’ bindings; clean copies £50-70
Dorset, Cerne Abbas, John Randoll, Farthing, 0.84g/9h (N 876; BW. 45). About fine; the only issue for the town £25-35
Hammer Price: £35
Dorset, Melcombe Regis, John Swetnam, Farthing, 1.39g/9h (N 931; BW. 104). Excavated appearance, some green patina, about fine, rare £25-35
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, KENT, Bromley, Pamphilon (Est. 1775), brass, rev. VOS, 25mm; Greenwich, West Greenwich CSL, brass £1 by Ardill, 22mm (Rains –); Margate, Clark’s Tea Warehouse, brass, 27mm; Ramsgate, Ramsgate & St Lawrence Coffee Tavern Co Ltd, brass Penny, 25mm [4]. Very fine and better £30-40
Clubs and Societies, London, Finsbury Circus, London Institution (Est. 1807), copper, lion left, paw on scroll, stamped 807a in exergue, rev. seated female, 43mm, 28.46g/12h (D & W 157/435; MG 1079). Good fine £30-40
Illuminated Appreciations (2), by the Borough of Birmingham on behalf of the Health Committee, ‘that the best thanks of this Committee be given to the Chairmen of its Sub Committees – viz…Mr Councillor W.J. Davis, Chairman of the Finance Sub Committee…’, 19 October 1881, 30 October 1882, both signed by G.O. Smith, Town Clerk; together with a typed list of all the members of Birmingham Council, 1880/1; also three ALS to Josiah Cund, 81 Hockley Hill, Birmingham, November 1876, from J. Bennett o...
18th Century Tokens, Inverness-shire, Inverness, Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson, Halfpenny, 1793, rose and thistle united, rev. cornucopia, edge payable at mackintosh inglis & wilson’s, 12.12g/6h (DH 1a). Extremely fine with original colour £30-40
Hammer Price: £40
Dorset, Bere Regis, Thomas Speare, Farthing, 0.73g/6h (N 848; BW 8). Fair; the only issue for the town £10-15
Clubs and Societies, Uncertain location(s), Everton Club, copper Sixpence, rev. value, 22mm, 4.78g/6h (D & W 128/213; MG 1032); New Union Society, uniface copper, clasped hands, 28mm, 7.22g (D & W 195/744); Sons of Freedom, uniface brass, stamped No. 40, 30mm, 7.16g (D & W –); Ten Guinea Society, copper (2), figure of Justice, both 25mm, 6.02g/12h, 5.92g/12h (D & W 192/722; MG 1134; Noble II, 936) [5]. Very fine, third with central piercing, last with some surface damage £60-80
Mining, Cumberland, Broughton, Broughton Colliery, J. & T. Walker, octagonal copper, 1834, pit-head engine-house and winding gear, stamped 260, rev. legend in four lines, 29mm, 10.18g/12h (Finlay 80; D & W 284/30; Noble II, 449). Good fine, rare £60-80
Theatre and Entertainment, LONDON, Waterloo Road, R[oyal] C[oburg] T[heatre], uniface copper, GAL 1, 31mm, 10.16g (D & W 10/102; MG 311; Noble II, 635). Good fine £50-70
Tokens, checks, etc (35), including a quantity of spinners [35]. Varied state; in envelopes described £30-40
Dorset, Weymouth, Visit of George III, 1789, a plated brass medalet by C. James, bust of George III right, rev. legend in 4 lines, 22mm, 2.97g/12h (DH 12; Hawkins p.29, 24; BHM 317). Fine, rare £10-15
Davis, W.J., The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage [London, 1904], the 1979 Durst reprint, xlvii + 284pp, 15 plates, 1979 valuation sheet tipped-in; Berry, G., Discovering Trade Tokens, Tring, 1969, 56pp including illustrations; Seaby, P.J., Coins and Tokens of Ireland, 1st edn, London, 1970, 168pp, illustrations in text, obituary of W.A. Seaby tipped-in; Purvey, P.F., Coins and Tokens of Scotland, 1st edn, London, 1972, 160pp, illustrations in text (2 copies); Boon, G.C., Welsh Industrial Tok...
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Cumberland, Keswick, Goodfellows Genuine T[ea] Warehouse, copper, 23mm; Whitehaven, Killender’s China House Tea Mart, brass (2), both 26mm [3]. About very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £45
Hampshire, Christchurch, John Welchman, Farthing, 0.99g/6h (N 1851; W 4; BW. 54). Metal flaws on obverse, otherwise fine £40-50
Cheshire, Chester, Roe & Co, Kempson’s Halfpence (3), edge engrailed, 9.15g/6h (DH 5), edge plain, 9.07g/6h (DH 5a), owl’s feet on centre dots, 8.47g/12h (DH 6); Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 9.03g/12h (DH 7) [4]. Last two fine, others good very fine and with usual reverse rusty die marks £30-40
Dorset, Stalbridge, Thomas Snooke, Farthing, 1658, 0.83g/6h (N 989; BW. 185). Fair £15-25
Hammer Price: £50
Mining, Cumberland, Whitehaven, Whitehaven Colliery, Sir John Lowther, copper (2) and brass, dragon passant, revs. cypher, all 23mm, 6.42g/12h, 5.49g/12h, 4.82g/12h (Finlay 18, 20; D & W 291/109) [3]. Second very fine with light brown patina, others fine and fair £40-60
Devon, Plymouth, Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co, Halfpence, 1796 (2), large loom, shepheard edge, 9.80g/6h (DH 6), small loom, plain edge, 8.88g/6h (DH 7); Visit of George III, 1789, a copper medal by J. Davies, 29mm, 6.87g/6h (DH 8; BHM 319) [3]. DH 7 fine and scarce, others very fine £25-35
Mining and colliery checks (13), from Markham, Pontefract, Leicester, Barnsley, Whitwick, New Stubbin, etc [13]. Varied state; in envelopes described £25-35
Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, Playbills (2), 2 June 1804, for the Benefit of Mr Powell, Mrs Sontley & Miss B. Menage, the tragedy Pizarro, in five acts, the ballet of The Scotch Ghost, and the opera Paul & Virginia in two acts; 7 April 1823, for the benefit of Miss Clara Fisher, the comic opera Duenna, followed by Bombastes Furioso and Actress of All Work!; together with paper impressions of theatre tickets by W. Hogarth (6), Pasquin, for the author Henry Fielding; Mock Doctor, also for Henry Fi...
18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Beccles, issuer uncertain, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 10.89g/6h (DH 16), 10.58g/6h (DH 16a); Bury St Edmunds, Philip Deck, Halfpenny, 10.51g/12h (DH 25), John Rackham and Richard Leatherdale, Halfpenny, 10.20g/6h (DH 29) [4]. Last about extremely fine, others extremely fine and better, first and third with considerable original colour £80-100
Hammer Price: £55
18th Century Tokens, Angus, Montrose, Andrew Nicol, Halfpenny, 1799, 9.79g/6h (DH 32); together with other miscellaneous English token Halfpence (3) [4]. First good very fine, others in varied state £30-40
Devon and Gloucestershire, Bideford, Corporation Halfpenny, 1670, 2.57g/9h (N 623; BW. 27); Exeter, John Ledgingham, Farthing, 1660, 1.22g/9h (N 681; BW. 127); Uplyme, John Lidon, Farthing, 1667, 0.80g/6h (dies not in N; BW. 367); GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, City Farthing, 1652, 3.63g/6h (N 1457; BW. 12); Marshfield, William Hosee, Farthing, 1651, 1.35g/6h (N 1684a, this piece; BW. 116) [5]. Fair £25-35
19th Century Tokens, Herefordshire, Hereford, Wainwright & Co and Carless & Co, Shillings, 1811 (2), 4.14g/12h (D 1), 4.15g/12h (D 2); WORCESTERSHIRE, Worcester, House of Industry, Shilling, 1811, 3.93g/12h (D 1) [3]. Fine to very fine, but all brightly cleaned and first with traces of mounting £50-70
Hampshire, Hambledon, Richard Stent, Farthing, 1666, 1.11g/6h (N 1872; W 2; BW. 76). No die flaw on reverse, dark patina, fine £40-50
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