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The largest copper coin ever issued in Great Britain: WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Sixpence, 1813, elevation of Workhouse, rev. arms, edge plain, 163.07g/6h (W 375; Davis Warwickshire 727, and pl. Q, no.5, this piece). Minor edge nicks, otherwise very fine and extremely rare; believed about 10 specimens now known, this one arguably the finest available to commerce and sold with a related affidavit as to its 19th century provenance £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, Overseers, Proof Penny, 1813, in gilt-copper, frontal elevation of the Workhouse, rev. Justice standing facing on pedestal, holding scales and olive-branch, edge centre-grained, 21.70g/6h (W 991b). Small spot by second o of poor and very light rubbing to highest points of reverse, otherwise brilliant and as struck, a stunning token of the highest rarity; no others seen by the cataloguer in commerce £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £4,400
GLAMORGANSHIRE, Landore, British Copper Co, Pattern Penny, 1812, by P. Wyon, in copper, british copper company in wreath, smelting works at landore around, rev. lion walking left, above value and date, rolling mills at walthamstow around, edge centre-grained, 23.33g/7h (W 574, this piece; Sharp, p.193, no.3, this piece). Trifling marks, otherwise virtually as struck with red-brown patina, UNIQUE; by far the most important early 19th century Welsh token extant, only 4 owners from new ...
Hammer Price: £3,800
YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, Overseers, Proof Penny, 1813, from the same dies as previous, edge centre-grained, 20.83g/6h (W – [dies of 991]). Brilliant mint state, the companion piece to the preceding, of the highest rarity £500-£700
Hammer Price: £2,400
GLAMORGANSHIRE, Landore, British Copper Co, mule Halfpenny, bare-headed bust left, brutus, rev. laureate bust of Romanesque style right. edge centre-grained, 10.11g/6h (W 629, this piece illustrated). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £1,700
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, Douglas Bank Co (William Littler, Robert Littler and James Dove), Proof Penny, 1811, bronzed, douglas token, etc, rev. similar, edge grained, 12.65g/12h (W 2065b [not traced]; cf. Prid. 52a; cf. Harris Coll., 1923, lot 6). Light carbon specks in reverse field, otherwise virtually as struck and of the highest rarity £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Tokens, Miscellaneous 18th century tokens (50), various locations [50]. Very fine, some better £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,400
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Davis’ Sixpence, 1813, elevation of Workhouse, rev. arms, edge plain, 134.75g/6h (W 376). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,300
Hammer Price: £1,200
Tokens, Miscellaneous 18th century tokens (100), various locations [100]. Mostly fine, some better £300-£400
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Edward Thomason, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, bust left in wreath, rev. value, edge neatly grained, 18.53g/12h (W 281b; cf. DNW 66, 935). Struck from rusted dies and fields hairlined, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, extremely rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,100
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Edward Stephens, Penny, 1816, laureate bust of Wellington left, rev. crowned harp, edge with centre line but not grained, 16.38g/6h (W 1891, this piece illustrated). Metal fault in front of bust and some surface marks in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine with attractive dark patina, extremely rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £1,000
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, Douglas Bank Co (William Littler, Robert Littler and James Dove), Proof Penny, 1811, douglas bank token, etc, rev. Peel Castle, edge centre-grained, thin flan, 9.91g/12h (W 2060d [not traced]; cf. Prid. 51a). Some light spotting, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour, extremely rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £900
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, DEVON, County series, William Upcott, Twopence, 1801, view of Eddystone lighthouse, rev. view of Spurn Point lighthouse, edge plain, flan of normal thickness, 34.87g/6h (D 21; Spink 51, 262, this piece). An attractive original striking without any die cracks and only the merest hint of a flaw on the Spurn lighthouse, extremely fine and very rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £850
London (City), Billingsgate, Rob. Cash, Farthings, 1663 (2), 0.95g/6h, 0.91g/6h (both N 6552; BW. 198); John Eldridge, octagonal Halfpence (2), 2.71g/6h, 2.11g/6h (both N 6553; BW. 199); V[alentine] H[ayward], Farthing, [16]57, 1.26g/12h (N –; D 200A); T.E.W. at the dark hovse, Farthing, 1.18g/6h (N –; BW. 203); The Four Yeomen, Farthings (3), water side tokens (2), 1.18g/6h, 0.99g/6h (both N 6554; BW. 205), water sid, 1.53g/6h (N 6555; BW. 206); together with a pewter spoon with...
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (6), legend beneath radiation (2), revs. Free-born Englishman, 12.70g/12h (DH 709), Highlander, 10.63g/6h (DH 710); sailor seizing a landsman (4), revs. noted advocates, etc, 9.74g/7h (DH 725), Britannia, 10.20g/7h (DH 727), Free-born Englishman, 11.40g/7h (DH 730), lion and cock, 10.77g/7h (DH 733) [6]. DH 710, 725 and 730 extremely fine, others very fine and better £240-£300
A polished mahogany coin cabinet, probably late 19th century, 29 x 25 x 30cm, comprising 18 trays double-pierced to house a total of 487 coins, deep bottom drawer, single brass pulls, double doors each inlaid with a classical vase, lock (no key), brass carrying handles at sides. A quality cabinet in excellent condition, complete with all felts £300-£500
Hammer Price: £800
WORCESTERSHIRE, Lye, Thomas Wood & Co, Proof Penny, 1811, legend around value, rev. tree, edge centre-grained, 19.17g/12h (W – [dies of W 860]; cf. DNW 157, 1298). Trifling spots in centre of obverse, otherwise brilliant mint state with fully reflective surfaces, extremely rare £240-£300
London (City), Christ Church Gate [Newgate], N.B. the holland cheese, Farthing, 1658, 1.15g/3h (N –; D –). Very fine and of the highest rarity; believed unpublished, no other tokens for the locality known £200-£300
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, John McTurk, Penny, 1830, laureate bust of George III right, rev. ornaments dividing for publick accommodation, edge plain, 7.16g/7h (W 2091, this piece illustrated). Weak in parts, otherwise extremely fine and virtually as struck, attractive brown patina, of the highest rarity £200-£300
Hammer Price: £750
Tokens, Miscellaneous 18th century tokens (36), various locations [36]. Very fine, some better £150-£200
Tokens, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Slough, William Till, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, lion rampant to left, rev. view of the Red Lion inn, edge plain, 13.17g/12h (DH 24; Preston-Morley 1046, this piece; cf. DNW 134, 388). Minor hairlines and a tiny graze by lion’s left forepaw, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, attractively toned, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
PERTHSHIRE, Perth, John Ferrier, uniface restruck impression of the obv. die for Kempson’s Farthing, 1798, on a light copper planchet, vessels at quay-side, Monk’s Tower at right, edge plain, 27mm, 5.94g (DH 11 bis, but not noted in this metal). Die extensively rusted (as with the two silver specimens known), otherwise about extremely fine and as made, of the highest rarity £200-£400
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, castle, River Trent in foreground, rev. legend around names of issuers, edge neatly centre-grained, 18.41g/6h (W – [dies of 881]). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, of the highest rarity, most attractive; perhaps only two others known [Bliss, lot 882 and Cokayne I, lot 3299] £400-£600
18th Century Tokens, Dudley, Edward Davies, Skidmore’s Penny, view of the ruins of Dudley Priory, rev. ed cypher between sprigs of laurel, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.71g/12h (DH 3). Some light spotting, otherwise virtually as struck with considerable original colour, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £650
Tokens, Miscellaneous 18th century tokens (43), various locations [43]. Mostly fine, some better £120-£150
Hammer Price: £600
London (City), Bread Street, William Barnes, Halfpence (2), 1.08g/3h, 1.06g/3h (both N 6689; BW. 395), Joh. Larder, Farthing, 0.84g/6h (N –; D 400A), Ward’s Coffee House, Penny, 1671, 7.42g/3h (N 6696; BW. 407); Bread Street Hill, G.M.B. the star, Farthing, 1649, 0.87g/6h (N 6699; BW. 394) [5]. Fine and better, second, third and fourth with ‘river’ patina, N 6696 rare £240-£300
London (City), Cannon Street, Anne Blunt, Penny, 1672, 2.66g/6h (N 6730; BW. 460). Good fine, portrait better, large flan £100-£150
London (City), Cannon Street, Anne Blunt, Penny, 1672, 4.47g/6h (N 6730; BW. 460); Tho. Colcock, Penny, 4.37g/12h (N 6732; BW. 462) [2]. First partly weak and some tooling on reverse, second with metal fault on upper obverse, otherwise good fine £150-£20
London (City), Cheapside, Charles Kiftell, Penny, 1669, 2.70g/9h (N 6761; BW. 586). Good very fine, obverse with some bloom, reverse dulled, rare £150-£200
ISLE OF MAN, Castletown, Isle of Man Bank (George Quayle, Edward Cotteen and Patrick Lightfoot), Halfpenny, 1811, legend around value, rev. triskeles, edge centre-grained, 7.06g/12h (W 2071, this piece illustrated; Prid. 58). Spot above triskeles and some light traces of handling, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £550
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (5), Bablake Hospital, 12.99g/6h (DH 282a), Barracks, 13.93g/6h (DH 284), County Hall, 13.86g/6h (DH 288a), Ford’s Hospital, 13.31g/6h (DH 293a), Free School, 12.97g/6h (DH 297a); Kempson’s Gates, Halfpence (3), Cook Street, 13.48g/6h (DH 269), Grey Friars, 13.63g/6h (DH 272), Spon, 14.53g/6h (DH 277) [8]. Extremely fine, all bronzed £200-£260
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WILTSHIRE, Melksham, Fred Jeffery, Halfpenny, 1972, by Toye, Kenning & Spencer, in gold, melksham promissory halfpenny redeemable at within wreath, rev. f.j. jeffery melksham wilts 1932-1972, england’s leading provincial coin dealer around, edge plain, hallmarked Birmingham 1973, 29mm, 22ct, 21.92g/12h. Brilliant mint state and of the highest rarity; only two specimens struck in gold, the other is retained with the Jeffery family £800-£1,000
London & Newcastle Tea checks (106), from Aberdeen (11), Alloa, Arbroath (4), Ayr, Coatbridge, Dumbarton (4), Dundee (10), Dunfermline (3), Edinburgh (17), Falkirk (4), Forfar (3), Galashiels, Glasgow (30), Greenock (4), Hawick (3), Irvine (3), Kilmarnock (3), Kirkcaldy (3) [106]. All different, generally fine to very fine £300-£400
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Edward Thomason, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, bust left in wreath, rev. value, edge neatly grained, 18.29g/12h (W 281b; cf. DNW 66, 935). Extremely fine and extremely rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £500
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, the obv. and rev. dies for his fourth private token, Bolton Priory, Yorkshire, 1900, ars longa, vita brevis, etc, both dies stamped d jones on sides; together with the edge collar, in three segments, i will exchange my token for an approved one (W 3036; Bell, 1966, A4) [5]. Rust marks in field on obverse die, otherwise all extremely fine, UNIQUE £800-£1,000
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