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18th Century Tokens, DEVON, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Westwood’s Farthing, 1792, 5.44g/12h (DH 11); Plymouth, Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co, Halfpence, 1796 (2), 10.14g/6h (DH 6), 9.55g/6h (DH 6a) [3]. About extremely fine and better, but DH 6a with spot in centre of obverse £70-£90
Hammer Price: £260
18th Century Tokens, DORSET, Sherborne, Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor, Westwood’s Halfpenny, 1796, pw & p cypher, rev. double-headed eagle, edge plain, 11.13g/12h (DH 9). Obverse die with rust marks below date, about extremely fine with a hint of original colour £60-£80
Hammer Price: £110
18th Century Tokens, Co DURHAM, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Denton’s Penny, 1796, view of iron bridge with two vessels passing underneath, rev. legend in eight lines within palm wreath, edge plain, 27.29g/6h (DH 3b). Undertype not visible, extremely fine with a hint of original colour on reverse, very rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £600
18th Century Tokens, Co DURHAM, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1796, bridge, rev. legend in five lines within wreath, edge plain, 11.54g/12h (DH 10). Minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £130
18th Century Tokens, Co DURHAM, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1796, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. arms of Robert Orchard, edge plain, 15.07g/6h (DH 11). Spot on we of wearmouth, otherwise extremely fine and well-struck with some original colour, heavy flan, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £160
18th Century Tokens, Co DURHAM, Sunderland, Wyon’s Penny, 1797, view of iron bridge with brig passing underneath, rev. two large vessels and a small keel, edge plain, 17.25g/6h (DH 2). Extremely fine, rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £700
18th Century Tokens, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Badminton, David Arnot and John Jelly, Kempson’s mule Halfpence (3), bust of George III, rev. legend, 10.22g/6h (DH 24), plough, rev. legend, 9.66g/12h (DH 39), scales, rev. scales april 1796, 9.43g/6h (DH 52); Brimscombe Port, Thames and Severn Canal Co, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.07g/6h (DH 59); Bristol, Hawkins Bird, Halfpenny, 1793, 9.39g/6h (DH Somerset 89), Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, glass factory, rev. gold, silver or copper, etc, 9.79g/6h (DH 98); Glouce...
Hammer Price: £400
18th Century Tokens, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Gloucester, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, view of St Peter’s Cathedral, rev. Thomas Gorton’s cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.42g/12h (DH 21). Obverse characteristically slight off-centre, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour and reflective patina, rare £80-£100
18th Century Tokens, HAMPSHIRE, Basingstoke, John Pinkerton, Mynd’s Shilling, 1789 [7 over 8], barge, rev. wheelbarrow and tools, decorated leaf edge, 13.72g/6h (DH 1). About extremely fine, patinated £140-£180
Hammer Price: £240
18th Century Tokens, HAMPSHIRE, Emsworth, Kempson’s mule Halfpence (3), 9.35g/6h (DH 18), 8.45g/6h (DH 23), 8.66g/6h (DH 30a); Petersfield, Eames, Holland & Andrews, Halfpenny, 1793, 9.28g/5h (DH 48); Portsea, Samuel Salmon, John Courtney and Edward Frost, Halfpenny, 1796, 10.74g/6h (DH 79a) [5]. DH 23 and 79a about extremely fine and better, original colour, others very fine and better £60-£80
Hammer Price: £180
18th Century Tokens, HAMPSHIRE, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Boulton’s Halfpenny, 1791, 10.16g/12h (DH 89, bronzed); County series, Naval Farthings (3), Lord Bridport, 3.39g/12h (DH 98), Lord Hood, 3.43g/6h (DH 100), Earl Howe, 3.43g/6h (DH 102) [4]. DH 89 brilliant and virtually as struck, DH 100 extremely fine with original colour, others very fine and better £70-£90
Hammer Price: £150
18th Century Tokens, HERTFORDSHIRE, Bishops Stortford, Sir George Jackson, Halfpenny, 1795, arms, rev. view of the Stort canal, low skyline, stop after date, edge payable at bishops stortford, 10.75g/6h (DH 4). Minor spotting on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck, bronzed £50-£70
Hammer Price: £100
18th Century Tokens, HERTFORDSHIRE, Bishops Stortford, Sir George Jackson, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in gilt-copper, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. view of the Stort canal, high skyline, vestiges of stop after date, edge payable at bishops stortford, 10.77g/6h (DH 4 bis I). Minor scuffing in upper reverse field, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £800
18th Century Tokens, KENT, Deptford, Thomas Haycraft, Mynd’s Halfpenny, 1795, Kentish men meeting equestrian figure of William I, rev. stern of the Royal George, edge payable at deptford chatham and dover, 9.43g/6h (DH 14). Extremely fine with original colour, very rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £420
18th Century Tokens, KENT, Dymchurch, William Parris, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.20g/6h (DH 15); Goudhurst, William Fuggle, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.31g/6h (DH 28a); Lamberhurst, John Gibbs, Halfpenny, 1794, edge grained over payable at i gibbs lamberhurst, 9.31g/6h (DH – [cf. 35e]); Tenterden, Isaac and Thankful Cloake, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.86g/12h (DH 42) [4]. Very fine and better, DH 15 with a little original colour, third very rare, the grained edge would appear to be contemporary; sold as viewed/seen a...
Hammer Price: £190
18th Century Tokens, KENT, Godington, John Toke II, brass hop token, 1767, monogram above date, rev. full basket with band, edge plain, 6.94g/12h (Henderson 536, but dies not illustrated on p.120; DH 24). Very fine and extremely rare; no others noted at auction in the last 20 years £150-£200
18th Century Tokens, LANCASHIRE, Halsall, Col. Charles Mordaunt, Penny, arms of the Earls of Peterborough, rev. value, edge engrailed, 15.46g/6h (DH 1). About extremely fine, reflective chocolate patina £90-£120
18th Century Tokens, LANCASHIRE, Halsall, Col. Charles Mordaunt, Penny, 17.23g/6h (DH 1); Lancaster, Daniel Eccleston, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 10.85g/6h, 10.58g/6h (both DH 58), Thomas Worswick & Sons, imitation Halfpenny, 1792, 9.12g/6h (DH 29e); Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.84g/6h (DH 68), Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 8.50g/6h (DH 114); Manchester, John Fielding, Halfpenny, 1792, 11.46g/6h (DH 127), J. Rayner & Co, Halfpence, 1793 (2), 10.07g/6h, 9.89g/6h (both DH 138a) [9]. DH...
Hammer Price: £300
18th Century Tokens, LANCASHIRE, Lancaster, Abraham Seward, Penny, 1794, in gilt-copper, castle, rev. bridge, edge plain, 21.16g/12h (DH 2). Trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine, rare £150-£200
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Bishopsgate, John Clark and Samuel Harris, Halfpenny, 1795, bust of George Washington right, small buttons on coat, rev. stove, edge grained right, 9.14g/6h (DH 284; Musante 50; Whitman 10950; Breen 1270). Reverse edge knock at 3 o’clock, otherwise fine, scarce £80-£100
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Bishopsgate, Schooling & Son, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 11.83g/6h, 11.20g/6h (both DH 474); Blackfriars, Barnett Guest, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 8.75g/6h (DH 308), 8.28g/6h (DH 308c), issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 10.14g/12h (DH 257a); Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 10.46g/6h (DH 295); Chandos Street, William Allen, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.93g/6h (DH 246); Charing Cross, Salter & Co, Halfpence (2), 10.31g/6h, 9.29g/6h (both DH 473); City Road, John Bebbingt...
Hammer Price: £460
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Clerkenwell, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpenny, 1796, man standing with wooden leg, mr joseph askins around, rev. the celebrated ventriloquist 1796 in 4 lines, edge plain, 11.34g/6h (DH 252b). Extremely fine, obverse with considerable original colour, most attractive and very rare with this edge £300-£400
Hammer Price: £440
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Clerkenwell, Thomas Gorton, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, fender and fire-irons, rev. tg cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.37g/6h (DH 16). Usual rim flaws, extremely fine with original colour, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.87g/6h (DH 468); Covent Garden, Thomas Dodd, Halfpenny, 7.91g/6h (DH 300); Great Portland Street, Joseph Moore, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.25g/12h (DH 389); High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, 10.20g/6h (DH 342, bronzed); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 7.19g/12h (DH 275), 7.40g/6h (DH 276) [6]. DH 276 good very fine but with surface metal fault, others about extremely fine and better, s...
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, Bluecoat boy preparing to draw from a lottery wheel, cornucopia of money dividing date, rev. legend, edge plain, 13.61g/6h (DH 470). Struck out of collar on a large flan, trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine and dark-toned, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £2,000
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, High Holborn, John Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.52g/6h (DH 480), Farthing, 1795, edge grained, 3.89g/12h (DH 1074); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, St Paul’s Covent Garden, rev. church ruins, 9.31g/6h (DH 522a) [3]. About extremely fine and better, a little original colour £80-£100
Hammer Price: £200
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, High Holborn, John Skidmore, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, register stove, rev. two men at a forge, edge grained, 11.49g/6h (DH 480). Virtually as struck with steel-blue toning, of the highest rarity; perhaps only one other specimen available to commerce which is not as fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,600
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Hyde Park, Gamaliel Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1797, man skating, rev. gs cypher, edge grained, 9.37g/4h (DH 534). From the reverse die in lightly flawed state, small flan crack, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £320
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Hyde Park, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. gb cypher, edge grained, 9.22g/12h (DH 535). Some light spotting, about extremely fine, scarce £90-£120
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Leather Lane, John Hancock, Halfpenny, 1796, large umbrella, rev. jh cypher, edge plain, 12.66g/12h (DH 321). Excess of metal on obverse rim and reverse struck slightly off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine, original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £120
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Franklin Press, Halfpenny, 1794, printing press, rev. legend, edge plain, 7.46g/6h (DH 307a; Whitman 8850; Breen 1165). Handling marks, otherwise very fine £150-£200
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Franklin Press, Halfpenny, 1794, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 7.84g/6h (DH 307a; Whitman 8850; Breen 1165). Fine £80-£100
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpence or medalets (3), 8.28g/6h (DH 272), 9.61g/12h, 9.17g/6h (both DH 274), John Fowler, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.27g/6h (DH 306); Ludgate Hill, Henry Young, Penny, 1794, flawed obv. die, 15.94g/3h (DH 39, note); Marylebone, Edward Neeton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.15g/6h (DH 390); Newgate Street, Christ’s Hospital, Penny, 1800, 6.12g/6h (DH 10), Halfpenny, 1800, 4.84g/6h (DH 278); Piccadilly, London Corresponding Society, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.15...
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Old Cavendish Street, Richard Summers, Halfpenny, 1797, head of a wild man full facing, rev. large rs cypher surrounded by three lines of legends, edge plain, 16.83g/6h (DH 906). Edge knocks, otherwise good fine, very rare £70-£90
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1798, side elevation of Islington Old Church, rev. ro cypher, edge coventry token, 13.47g/12h (DH 403). About extremely fine, rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £140
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, bust left by Jacobs, rev. wheatsheaf, 9.36g/6h (DH 405). Usual obverse die flaw, extremely fine, hint of original colour £70-£90
Hammer Price: £95
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Spring Gardens, Charles Biggar, Halfpenny, 1796, 7.35g/6h (DH 255a); The Strand, William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, 15.05g/6h (DH 302), Jasper and Simon Kelly, Halfpenny, 8.63g/6h (DH 345a), Gilbert Pidcock, Farthing, elephant, rev. cockatoo, 3.45g/6h (DH 1067a); Tower Hill, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 2, Tower of London, 20.16g/1h (DH 89); Kempson’s Buildings, Penny, type 2, Royal Exchange, 22.02g/12h (DH 65) [6]. DH 255a with graze...
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Tower Hill, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Proof Penny, 1797, in copper-gilt, type 1, Trinity House, rev. City arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.29g/6h (DH 84). Usual die flaw on obverse, test mark above building, otherwise extremely fine, rare £100-£150
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Tower Hill, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 2, Tower of London, rev. City arms with coronet above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.73g/1h (DH 89). Extremely fine, original colour £100-£150
18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Chelsea, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.80g/5h (DH 277); Hackney, Skidmore’s copy of Rebello’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.41g/6h (DH 310b) [2]. About extremely fine, but DH 310b rubbed in obverse fields £70-£90
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