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

Kempson’s Halfpenny, bust of Thomas Erskine left, rev. a friend, etc, 7.83g/6h (DH 1010; BHM 375); Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpence (3), two barristers standing types, 1794 (3), 4 under t, edge engrailed, 9.71g/12h (DH 1011), 4 under e (2), edge grained, 9.09g/12h (DH 1012), edge plain, 9.21g/12h (DH 1012b), and a mule Halfpenny, rev. a way to prevent, etc, edge plain, 8.46g/6h (DH 1013); Mainwaring’s ‘Map of France’ Halfpence, 1794 (8), revs. large letters (4), current every where edge, 9.85g/12h (DH 1016), edge engrailed, 10.01g/12h (DH 1016d), edge grained, 9.74g/6h (DH 1016e), edge plain, 9.76g/12h (DH 1016f); small letters (4), clougher edge, 10.14g/6h (DH 1017a), london edge, 11.21g/6h (DH 1017c), edge engrailed, 8.72g/6h (DH 1017e), edge plain, 10.29g/6h (DH 1017f) [13]. Erskine and Gibbs pieces and mule about extremely fine and better, DH 1016 about fine, remainder generally very fine, DH 1012b very rare (£90-120)

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:
All except DH 1010 Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 1011, 1012, 1016e and 1016f F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lots 399 and 401 (parts) [1011 from T.E. Tatton, 1016e from Baldwin].

Thomas Erskine (1750-1823) entered Lincoln’s Inn in 1775 and was called to the Bar in 1778; he famously defended Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke and John Thelwall at the height of the paranoia following the French Revolution. He sat in the House of Commons from 1783-4 and from 1790-1806, entering the House of Lords in 1806 as 1st Baron Erskine. Sir Vicary Gibbs (1751-1820) entered Lincoln’s Inn in 1783, became recorder of Bristol in 1794 and Attorney-General in 1807