British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, LONDON, a George III Penny, 1797, obv. countermarked no landlords you fools spence’s plan for ever, 27.36g; a Halfpenny-sized blank, planed smooth, one side engraved with a parrot on a branch, the other with a windmill, countermarked full bellies [2]. Varied state, the second of semi-competent workmanship £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Tokens from the Collection of the late Bill McKivor.

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Provenance: First Davissons Mailbid Sale 29, 16 December 2010 (301).

Spence’s countermarked pieces, advancing his plan for agrarian reform, are believed to have first appeared sometime after he sold his token dies to Peter Skidmore (Thompson, BNJ 1969, p.155).