Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Antiquities

18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Blackfriars, James Spittle [with J. Kirby and Richard Lashmar of Brighton, Sussex], Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.45g/6h (DH 902), 9.98g/6h (DH 903), St James’s Street, William Stinton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.35g/3h (DH 904), St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.44g/6h (DH 915); WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Henry Hickman, Halfpenny, 1792, 12.64g/6h (DH 144); Uncertain locality, W. Sheward, Halfpenny, 1792, 13.28g/6h (DH Middlesex 928), I.M. & Co, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.62g/6h (DH 911b), Kempson’s ‘London Essex and Norfolk’ Halfpenny, 10.37g/12h (DH 923), ‘Honor and Use of Trade’ Halfpenny, 8.15g/2h (DH 925a) [9]. Very fine and better, all patinated, but DH 144 with minor edge bruises £70-£90

Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 101; D.B. McDonald Collection.

DH 902 and 903 = Bell, CC p.122 [902 = no.204]; DH 904 = Bell, TT p.112; DH 915 = Bell, TT p.117; DH 923 = Bell, ST p.15; DH 925a = Bell, ST p.229; DH 928 = Bell, CC p.120; DH 929 = Bell, CC p.197