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

Centenary of the Revolution, 1788, medalets by J. Davies (5), all bust right, revs. novr. 4th 1788 in wreath, unsigned (3), in copper, 4.30g/6h, in brass, 5.04g/6h, in plated brass, 4.42g/6h, all 27mm (all DH 948; Woolf 75:2; BHM 289; Hawkins 9; D & W 173/563), signed (2), both in brass, 25mm, 3.37g/12h (DH 949; Woolf 75:2; BHM 283; Hawkins 10; D & W 173/564), 25mm, 3.35g/12h (DH 950; Woolf 75:2; BHM 283; Hawkins 12; D & W 173/565); medals (2), both unsigned, bust right, revs. britons never will be slaves, etc, in brass, 9.52g/12h, in white metal, 10.25g/6h, both 35mm (both DH 201; Woolf 75:7; BHM 288; D & W 173/561) [7]. Second, sixth and seventh all extremely fine, others in varied state, third with small piercing (£80-100)

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:
*DH 201 brass W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 362 [from Spink 1975]
Others all Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 948 copper F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 399 (part)
DH 948 brass and 950 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 201 (part) [948 from Baldwin May 1914, 950 from Lincoln August 1909].

The centenary of England’s religious revolution, 4 November 1788, commemorates the landing of William of Orange at Torbay exactly 100 years earlier. The last medals (DH 201) may be those struck for Wetherall & Janaway, jewellers, Cheapside (Woolf p.137), referred to in The Times, 4 November 1788