Auction Catalogue

9 April 1997

Starting at 1:00 PM

.

Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical Medals and Banknotes

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 465

.

9 April 1997

Estimate: £25–£35

18th Century, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Churches and Chapels, Halfpenny, St Philip’s Church, edge SPENCE DEALER X IN x COINS x LONDON x (DH 175 variety). About extremely fine, some original colour, believed unpublished (£25-35)

The edge is unusual in that the words are from two separate series of letter punch founts – SPENCE and LONDON heavily impressed as in the case of Spence’s regular series of Middlesex tokens, DEALER IN COINS lightly impressed in the manner of those pieces in this series with the COVENTRY TOKEN edge