Auction Catalogue

13 March 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. Numismatic Books

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 913

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13 March 2002

Hammer Price:
£220

Numismatists' Tokens, London, Covent Garden, William Till, Halfpenny-sized tokens (4), all 1834, in copper (3) and gilt-copper, similar, all 29mm, edge grained, 12.06g/12h, and edge plain (3), 11.35g/12h, 11.40g/12h and 11.17g/12h [gilt-copper] (D & W 346/56); Farthing-sized token, 1834, in copper, similar, 22mm, edge plain, 5.73g/12h (D & W 346/58) [5]. Gilt-copper very fine but otherwise unpublished, others extremely fine and better, mostly with considerable original colour (£80-100)

Provenance:
P. Preston-Morley Collection:
12.06g and 5.73g bt Baldwin April 1970.
11.35g K.S. Collinson Collection, Spink Auction 104, 6 July 1994, lot 527 (part).
11.40g bt Seaby April 1970.
11.17g Format Coins FPL 55, March 1997 (4455)