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

Norwich, Richard Bacon, Halfpence, 1794 (4), period touching shrubs, bacon edge, 10.58g/6h (DH 12), period clear of shrubs (3), bacon edge, 10.73g/6h (DH 13), current every where edge, 8.62g/6h (DH 13c), edge plain, 10.63g/6h (DH 13e); Nathaniel Bolingbroke, Halfpence, 1792 (5), period after flourish, bolingbrokes edge, 10.73g/6h (DH 14), annulet after flourish (2), bolingbrokes edge, 10.47g/12h (DH 15), edge plain, 9.54g/6h (DH 15a), no punctuation after flourish (2), bolingbrokes edge, 10.23g/6h (DH 16), edge plain, 10.17g/6h (DH 16e); mule Halfpence (2), revs. plough and shuttle, 8.66g/6h (DH 17), bust of Earl Howe, 7.48g/6h (DH 18); Bullen & Martin, Halfpenny, 1794, edge plain, 10.34g/12h (DH 19) [12]. DH 13c off-centre and fair but very rare, DH 13e, 15a and 18 fine, others about extremely fine and better, several with much original colour, DH 16e extremely rare (£120-150)

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 15 Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 288 (part) [12, 14 and *19 from Baldwin, others from Verity].

Richard Bacon (†April 1812, aged 67), bookseller, stationer and auctioneer, 12 Cockey lane, proprietor of the Norwich Mercury (Longman, pp.54-5). Nathaniel Bolingbroke (1755-1840), haberdasher and silversmith, Market place, mayor in 1819, is buried in the churchyard of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, as is his wife, Mary (1758-1833); his youngest son Horatio (1798-1879) became the first sheriff of Norwich in 1835 and Bolinbroke road in Norwich is named after him. Bullen & Martin, ironmongers, Market place