Auction Catalogue

29 September 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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The Important Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by the late Dr David L Spence, of Pittsburgh (Part II)

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

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Lot

№ 1389

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29 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£160

Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, bishopsgate edge, 10.75g/12h (DH 378); mule Halfpenny from the broken obv. die, rev. wheatsheaf and doves, 8.97g/6h (DH 383); Schooling & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.91g/6h (DH 474) [3]. Second extremely fine with almost full original colour, others about extremely fine and better, last with original colour (£120-150)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 378 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 248 (part) [from Baldwin]
DH 474 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 174 (part) [from Lincoln January 1903].

DH 383 only illustrated. Meymott & Son, scale manufacturers, 64 Bishopsgate Within, at the corner of Wormwood street, proprietors Clement and Samuel Meymott (Dykes,
BNJ 2001, p.128). Schooling & Son, scale manufacturers and ironmongers, 44 Bishopsgate Within and Crispin street, Spitalfields, proprietor James Schooling