Auction Catalogue

19 March 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes. Includes the Ellen Judson Collection of British Tokens (Part II)

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

Lot

№ 1063

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19 March 2003

Hammer Price:
£70

18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Beccles, issuer uncertain, Halfpence, 1795 (2), south porch of the church, rev. bridge over the River Waveney, star edge, 10.69g/6h (DH 16), partly grained edge, 10.74g/6h (DH 16a); Blything, Sir John Rous, Halfpence, 1794 (2), mounted yeoman, sword to o, rev. castle in crowned Garter, god save edge, 11.16g/6h (DH 18), sword to l, rev. similar, god save edge, 11.18g/12h (DH 19) [4]. DH 16a and 19 about extremely fine and better, both with original colour, others fair and good fine (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson.

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Provenance:
DH 19
SCMB June 1971.

Sir John Rous, 6th Bt, later 1st Earl of Stradbroke (b.1750), commanding officer of the Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry, lived at Henham Hall (demolished in the 1950s), where he kept a stud of racehorses