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19th Century Tokens, Stafford, John Cartwright, Shilling, 1811, 4.03g/12h (D 15; Watkin 10, and pl. ii, this piece); Walsall, Samuel Fletcher and Samuel Sharratt, Pennies, 1811 (3), 18.17g/12h (W 1145), 18.92g/12h (W 1147; Watkin 50), 17.90g/12h (W 1158; Watkin 51), Halfpenny, 1811, 8.54g/12h (W 1155; Watkin 54), Joseph Parker, Pennies, 1811 (2), 17.68g/12h (W 1169), 18.05g/12h (W 1170; Watkin 52); West Bromwich and Coseley, James Cooksey, Penny, 1812, 18.66g/6h (W 1185; Watkin 59); West Bromwich, Oldbury, Tipton and Brierley, W. Whitehouse & Co, Pennies, 1811 (3), 19.07g/6h (W 1192), 20.16g/6h, 18.45g/6h (both W 1194; Watkin 60) [11]. W 1185 about extremely fine, others generally fine to very fine, last overstruck on a Staffordshire Commerce issue of 1811 £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Staffordshire Tokens formed by the late Edward Watkin.

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Provenance: W 1194 at 18.45g Baldwin Auction 38, 4 October 2004, lot 918.

W 1185 only illustrated