Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Cornwall, Cornwall, Falmouth, Volunteers, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1797, 9.59g/6h (DH 3); Penryn, George Chapman George, Halfpenny, 1794, in bronzed-copper, 10.98g/6h (DH 4) [2]. First good very fine and patinated, second extremely fine (£60-80)

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:
F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 191 (part) [DH 3 from J. Verity]
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

The Falmouth Independent Volunteers were founded in June 1797. George Chapman George was a captain in the Penryn Volunteers. His halfpence were struck at Matthew Boulton’s works in 1796 and shipped to him in August of that year (Doty, CTCJ March 2000, pp.16-18). The reverse bears the arms of Francis Basset, Baron de Dunstanville (1758-1835), Colonel-in-Chief of the Penryn Volunteers, which was founded in April 1794