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

№ 1397

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29 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£170

Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (4), Figure of Fortune type (3), large rev. letters, edge plain, 11.33g/6h (DH 467; Stainton 37), small rev. letters, edge plain, 11.01g/6h (DH 468), large date, 10.28g/12h (DH 469); Bluecoat boy type, 11.03g/6h (DH 471; Stainton 38); Covent Garden, Thomas Dodd, Halfpence (3), in copper (2), thick flan, 13.49g/6h, thin flan, 7.53g/6h, and in brass, thin flan, 7.63g/6h (all DH 300) [7]. First four extremely fine, DH 467 and 468 with considerable original colour, others patinated, DH 300s in copper good very fine, brass about very fine but rare (£90-120)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 300 copper thin flan, *467 and 468 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lots 240 and 252 (parts) [252 from Spink, others from Baldwin]
DH 469 and 471 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 174 (part) [469 from Spink January 1910, 471 from J.H. Daniels June 1906].

Richardson, Goodluck & Co, lottery-office proprietors and later stockbrokers, 104 Bank Building, Cornhill, and 8 Charing Cross, proprietors Peter Richardson, William Goodluck, George Arnull and William Lea; an advertisement regarding the division of the £30,000 prize, no.12807, as detailed on the token, is described by Bell, 1966, pp.104-5. Thomas Dodd, proprietor of a music shop, New street, Covent Garden