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

Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (3), toe of slipper above t (2), edge grained, 7.71g/12h (DH 275), edge plain, 7.56g/12h (DH 275a), toe of slipper below t, edge grained, 7.68g/6h (DH 276); Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpence or medalets (16), all with 79 address, viz. n79, 10.41g/6h (DH 259, pierced; Storer 7641 ff), no hyphen in long acre, 10.14g/12h (DH 260), long · acre, 9.08g/12h (DH 261), long-acre, 6.96g/12h (DH 262, pierced), worms, 9.24g/5h (DH 263, pierced), long-acre (11), copper, 8.77g/12h, white metal, 10.13g/12h (both DH 267, pierced), copper, 9.06g/12h (DH 268, pierced), plated brass, 8.30g/6h (DH 270, pierced), copper, 7.86g/6h, white metal, 6.94g/7h (both DH 271, latter pierced), copper, 7.96g/6h (DH 272), copper, 11.27g/7h (DH 273), copper, medal edge, 9.29g/6h (DH 274), copper (2), edge grained, large [28mm] flan, 9.27g/6h, edge grained, small [26.5mm] flan, 6.58g/6h (both DH 274b, pierced); John Fowler, Halfpenny, 1794, edge plain, 8.80g/6h (DH 306) [20]. First three, DH 267 white metal, 268, 271 white metal and 274 all extremely fine, coppers with considerable original colour, DH 262 fair, 270 about fine, 274b fine, remainder generally very fine, some better, a good group of Burchell issues (£180-220)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 276 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 237 (part) [from Spink]
All others W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lots 153 and 155 (parts) [259, 260, 263, 267 copper and 268 from Baldwin September 1908, 261 and 275a from Baldwin April 1913, 262 from R. Dalton December 1910, 267 white metal from Baldwin September 1928, 270 and 271 copper gift of ‘J.E.’, *271 white metal and 274b large flan from Lincoln September 1908, 272 from Lincoln August 1909, 273 and 275 from W.H. Regan, 274 from W.H. Regan March 1903, 274b small flan from Baldwin October 1923, 306 from Lincoln May 1914].

John Carter, leather-cutter and shoemaker, Jermyn street. Basil Burchell, vendor of patent medicines and anodyne necklaces for children, 79 Long Acre; his pierced tokens were attached to anodyne necklaces and boxes of sugar plums as a guarantee of their authenticity (Brooke, CTCJ September 1999, pp.10-12). John Fowler (perhaps b.1756), tentatively identified by Samuel as an oil merchant and tinplate worker, 78 Long Acre (Dykes, BNJ 2000, pp.95-6)