Auction Catalogue

29 September 2005

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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

№ 1390

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29 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£130

Blackfriars, Barnett Guest, Halfpence, 1795 (6), london edge, 9.28g/6h (DH 308), london bath or manchester edge, 8.94g/6h (DH 308a), dublin or london edge, 9.33g/6h (DH 308b), dublin or at ballymurtagh edge, 8.41g/6h (DH 308c), lancaster london or bristol edge, 9.10g/6h (DH 308d), edge grained, 8.85g/6h (DH 308e); James Spittle [with J. Kirby and Richard Lashmar of Brighton, Sussex], Halfpence, 1795 (2), without st pauls, 10.06g/6h (DH 902), with st pauls, 9.98g/7h (DH 903); issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, edge plain, 10.08g/12h (DH 257a) [9]. DH 308 and 308c very fine, others about extremely fine and better, mostly with original colour, DH 308e with characteristics indicative of an early strike (£80-100)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 257a, 308 and 903 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lots 235, 242 and 281 (parts) [903 from Baldwin, others from Verity]
*DH 902 with pre-1910 J.H. Daniels ticket
Others W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 155 (part) [308a from Baldwin January 1912, 308b from Spink January 1910, 308c gift of ‘J.E.’, 308d from J.H. Daniels November 1907, 308e from R. Dalton December 1910].

Barnett Guest (†
c. 1830), boot and shoe maker and later a quack doctor, 9 Surrey street, Blackfriars road; James Spittle, cheesemonger, 6 Broadway, Blackfriars, issued his token in partnership with Richard Lashmar of Wellsbourne, Brighton, and J. Kirby, a Brighton grocer; Spittle was declared bankrupt in October 1797