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Medals, The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, Warwick, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, cart under gallows from which three men are hanging, the end of three logger heads, rev. as if from newgate cells three felons led, and on the new drop tyd, till dead, dead, dead, 37mm, 20.30g/12h (DH Warwickshire 11; BHM 445). Usual die flaw on obverse, the hanging men well struck up, extremely fine with considerable original colour, extremely rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,600
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Eighteenth century tokens (99); 19th century and other series of coins, tokens, etc (29, three in silver) [128]. Varied state £240-300
Hammer Price: £2,400
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Denton’s ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan with partly expanded wings swimming left, rev. arms of the county of Middlesex, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.94g/6h (DH 174). Extremely fine with much original colour, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,200
Joseph Knibb, Farthing, 1.72g/6h (N 3702; BW. 151). Minor surface corrosion, otherwise fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £1,900
18th Century Tokens, LEICESTERSHIRE, Elmsthorpe, Richard Fowke, Halfpenny, 1800, ruins of church, rev. wheatsheaf, plough and harrow, edge plain, 16.13g/12h (DH 2). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,700
18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Hackney, David Rebello, Milton’s Penny, 1796, church, rev. figure of Time seated on a cabinet, holding a tablet inscribed with Rebello’s name, edge plain, 16.41g/12h (DH 24). An original striking, virtually as struck and bronzed, very rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,500
18th Century Tokens, STAFFORDSHIRE, Tamworth, John Harding, trial of the finished dies intended for a Penny, in white metal, castle and trees, no legend, rev. Town Hall, no legend, edge plain, 20.47g/6h (DH 8). About extremely fine, reverse better and much as made, of the highest rarity; very few specimens known £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,400
18th Century Tokens, SURREY, Lambeth, Prattent’s Penny, standing figure of George Cook, smoking pipe and holding a mug and a keg, rev. man seated on ground gnawing bone, french liberty, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.22g/6h (DH 2). Obverse extremely fine with a little original colour, reverse very fine, extremely rare £400-500
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Eighteenth century tokens (83), various, Norfolk to Ireland [83]. Varied state £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,300
18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, mounted yeoman riding left, warwickshire yeomanry, etc, rev. fasces and branch above promissory penny token issued by thomas welch second troop 1799, edge armed to preserve our lives property and constitution against foreign and domestic enemies, 25.69g/6h (DH 28). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, of the highest rarity £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
18th Century Tokens, HAMPSHIRE, Gosport, Thomas Wood, Jacobs’ mule Penny, 1798, obv. from the same die as previous, rev. floating raft, french folly, etc, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.25g/12h (DH 3). Light die flaws on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck with full original colour, rare £400-500
19th Century Tokens, DEVON, County series, William Upcott, Twopence, 1801, bronzed restrike by W.J. Taylor, view of Eddystone lighthouse, rev. view of Spurn Point lighthouse, edge plain, thin flan, 30.74g/12h (D 21). An early restrike with ship clear of sea on obverse, minor flaws on the Spurn lighthouse but no flaws in reverse legend; virtually as struck and bronzed, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £950
19th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Davis’ Sixpence, 1813, elevation of Workhouse, rev. arms, edge plain, thin flan, 32.10g/12h (W 376a; cf. DNW T14, 315). Trifling marks in obverse field and a tiny spot above arms on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck, reverse with almost full original colour, extremely rare £600-800
18th Century Tokens, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, John Lloyd and Joseph Ridley, Pattern Halfpenny, 1794, in copper, unsigned, Justice standing, dividing date, the land we live in, denomination in exergue, rev. crowned l&r monogram, payable in dublin or harolds cross factory, edge plain, 9.19g/12h (DH McKivor 345 bis, this piece). Minor metal fault on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with brown patina; only one other believed known [Baldwin 102, 2754] £500-1,000
Hammer Price: £900
19th Century Tokens, STAFFORDSHIRE, Fazeley, Sir Robert Peel, Charles Harding & Co, Halfcrown, 1811, arms, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 10.29g/6h (D 4). Extremely fine, olive tone, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £850
19th Century Tokens, SHROPSHIRE, Dawley, Gilbert Gilpin, Shilling, 1811, legend around sells chains for pits cranes &c, etc, rev. boar running right, edge grained, 3.78g/1h (D 1; W 718, same obv. die). Obverse field scratched and tooled, reverse also with some scratches, otherwise good fine and toned, extremely rare £500-700
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Ludgate Hill, Matthew Young, Milton’s Penny, 1798, Britannia seated, St Paul’s in background, rev. legend, edge promissory penny token payable on demand, 27.62g/12h (DH 41). Usual rim flaw on reverse, extremely fine with reflective original colour, attractive, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £800
18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, boy with press, rev. three men hanging, edge engrailed, 11.04g/6h (DH 55). Extremely fine with much original colour, rare £200-300
18th Century Tokens, CARNARVONSHIRE, Bangor, Seth Roberts, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, crowned harp dividing rd, v below, all within ornamented circle, rev. sth r cypher, 4 below, all in wreath, edge grained, 9.17g/12h (DH 1). Minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine with reflective surfaces, very rare £400-500
19th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, a set of New Centenary tokens (21), all in brass, viz. 1893 (7), revs. Town Hall, Council House & Art Gallery, New Post Office, Assize Court, Aston Hall, Mason College, School of Art; 1894 (14), revs. School Board Offices, Midland Institute, High School for Girls, Free Grammar School, St Martins Church, Joseph Priestley statue, New General Hospital, Queen’s College, Bank of England, Edgbaston Old Church,...
YORKSHIRE, Doncaster, Doncaster Corporation Race Common, 1894, an oval silver pass, unsigned, arms of Doncaster, this token is the property of the owner of 23 high street doncaster, engraved (No. 2 May 1894), rev. this token entitles the owner to tickets for the grand stand and saddling paddock at race meetings under the control of the corporation on the conditions confirmed 10th may 1893, 59 x 43mm, 38.86g (W –; D & W –; cf. DNW 138, 3263). Bright appearance from past cleaning,...
Hammer Price: £750
18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Edmund Percy, Penny, bust of Philemon Holland three-quarters left in ruff, rev. interior of the Free School, edge penny token payable by e.w. percy coventry, 29.42g/12h (DH 41). Extremely fine and bronzed, very rare £300-400
Medals, Birmingham Riots [or the Second Anniversary of the French Revolution], 1791, a copper medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], monster of Sedition carrying flag with cap of Liberty on the staff, rev. snake basking in long grass, 34mm, 16.86g/12h (DH Warwickshire 34; BHM 360). Usual die flaw on obverse, extremely fine with a hint of original colour £70-90
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, rev. anchor and cable, 10.26g/6h (DH 998); together with other London tokens, etc (41), viz. Blackfriars 308, 308d; Drury Lane 346; Newgate 393, 396b; Russell Court 478a; St James’s Street 904; Strand 362, 1067, 1067a; West Smithfield 1059; Uncertain localities 363, 911b, 928, 928b; Kempson 924; Lutwyche 929, 953a, 985 (2), 986, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 1124; Skidmore 995a; Spence...
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, St James’s Street, William Stinton, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.03g/3h (DH 904), 8.97g/6h (DH 904a); St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.29g/6h (DH 915); St Mary Axe, Antoine Haldimand, Halfpenny, 8.30g/12h (DH 366); Soho, Robert Orchard, Farthings (2), 1803, 3.63g/6h (DH 1061), 1804, 3.87g/6h (DH 1063); Spring Gardens, Charles Biggar, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.39g/12h (DH 256); Strand, Philip Astley, Halfpenny, 8.74g/12h (DH 362b), William Forster,...
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, 12.66g/6h (DH 122). Both dies with flaws in advanced stages, some surface deposit on upper obverse, otherwise extremely fine with much original colour, very rare £200-260
Hammer Price: £700
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Strand, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, 1795, 6.12g/4h (DH 447); together with other ‘Middlesex’ tokens, etc (40), various [41]. Varied state £100-150
18th Century Tokens, HAMPSHIRE, Portsmouth, issuer uncertain, Penny, 1798, bust of Admiral Nelson left, rev. in · memory · of · the · action · off · the · nile · augt 1 · 1798, taken 9 sail of the line 3 distroyed in centre, edge i promise to pay the bearer one penny, 26.20g/12h (DH 8). Extremely fine with a little original colour, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £650
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Eighteenth century tokens (54), various, Bedfordshire to Lincolnshire [54]. Varied state £200-260
19th Century Tokens, NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Robertson, Wyon’s Halfcrown, 1811, arms and supporters, rev. female seated left, edge plain, 11.44g/6h (D 1). Virtually as struck with full mint bloom and sharp rims £200-260
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, Britannia seated right, rev. twr cypher, date on tablet below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.84g/6h (DH 6). Extremely fine, obverse with considerable original colour and most attractive, reverse diffused and with area of discolouration at 8 o’clock, very rare £400-500
18th Century Tokens, NORFOLK, King’s Lynn, A. Cook, Skidmore’s Penny, 1798, plough and harrow, rev. cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.28g/12h (DH 2). Usual light die flaws, otherwise extremely fine with pleasing light patina, very rare £300-400
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Threadneedle Street, Kempson’s London Buildings, Penny, type 2, Bank of England, 22.07g/6h (DH 46); George III, mis-struck imitations (3, one a Halfpenny obverse brockage); together with miscellaneous tokens, checks, ISGs, coin weights, medalets, etc (approx. 145) [Lot]. First good very fine, others in varied state £100-150
LONDON or DUBLIN, Theatre Royal, a base or plated coin, engraved (Theatre Royal his Majesty’s Company), rev. engraved (William Earl of Harrington Ld Lt of Ireland, 1749), crown below date, 38mm, 22.63g. Fine to very fine, rare and unusual; with small piercing for suspension £240-300
Hammer Price: £600
18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (10), Bablake Hospital, 13.25g/6h (DH 282a); Barracks, 13.76g/6h (DH 284); County Hall (2), 13.71g/6h (DH 288), 13.48g/6h (DH 290a); Coventry Cross (2), 13.68g/6h (DH 286), 13.73g/6h (DH 287); Drapers’ Hall, 13.00g/12h (DH 291); Free School, 12.84g/6h (DH 297a); Free School New Front, 13.63g/6h (DH 300); St Mary Hall, 13.49g/6h (DH 295) [10]. DH 287 and 288 very fine, others about extremely fine and better £140-180
Metropolitan Middlesex, Gray’s Inn Gate, William Place, Halfpenny, for post letters, 2.34g/12h (N 8045, this piece; BW. 1237). Obverse edge nick at 2 o’clock, otherwise about very fine, very rare £300-400
Bentham, William Overend, heart-shaped Halfpenny, 1668, 1.80g/12h (N 5798a, this piece; BW. 22). Very fine and very rare £300-400
18th Century Tokens, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Samuel Cooley, Halfpenny, standing figure of Hope, ship at sea in background, rev. bee-hive and bees on shield flanked by spades, crown above, edge plain, 10.04g/6h (DH 306a, the plate piece). Slightly off-centre and with striking split, otherwise good fine, of the highest rarity; no other specimens traced by the cataloguer £300-400
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Fetter Lane, John Milton, Penny, 1800, in white metal, female personifying Science seated on globe bearing zodiacal sign, rev. Bellerophon holding Pegasus, figure crawling up rock face in background, edge plain, 15.48g/12h (DH 36). From the usual flawed and uncompleted reverse die, rust marks both sides, otherwise completely free from tin pest, extremely fine and extremely rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
18th Century Tokens, PERTHSHIRE, Perth, John Ferrier, Wright’s Halfpence (4), fishing boat type, 1797, 10.10g/12h (DH 1), undated (2), 9.88g/6h (DH 2), 10.27g/6h (DH 3), St John’s Church type, 8.27g/6h (DH 4) [4]. DH 2 and 3 very fine, others extremely fine with considerable original colour, especially DH 1 £100-150
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