Auction Catalogue
18th Century Tokens, AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Pattern Shilling, 1799, by J. Milton, in silver, similar, no flaws, edge plain, 5.06g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, p.154, fig. 5; DH 5 bis II; cf. DNW T14, 527). Virtually as struck and attractively toned, rare, an original striking £400-£500
Provenance: Christie’s Auction, 7-8 May 1980, lot 582; H.E. Manville Collection, DNW Auction 132, 15 September 2015, lot 192.
Four other original strikings in silver have appeared on the market in the current decade (Spink Auction 202, 25 March 2010, lot 192, 4.95g; Davissons Mailbid Sale 32, 6 June 2013 (279), 4.39g; DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lot 469, 5.15g; DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 527, 5.32g), which suggests that the specimen in the BM (Banks collection, E 2834, 4.42g) is at the lower end of the weight range for such pieces (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.154, 158), although other specimens at c. 4.4g are known
Share This Page