Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Lancashire, Lancaster, Thomas Worswick & Sons, Halfpence (12), 1791 (7), 12.39g/6h (DH 9), 12.18g/6h (DH 11), 12.67g/6h, 12.41g/6h (both DH 13), 12.31g/6h (DH 14), 12.64g/6h (DH 19), 12.72g/6h (DH 20); 1792 (5), 12.60g/6h (DH 21), 12.56g/6h (DH 24), 12.59g/6h (DH 25), 12.14g/6h (DH 26), 12.60g/6h (DH 28) [12]. DH 9, 11 and 26 fine, DH 13 fair, DH 14, 20, 24 and 25 about extremely fine, others generally very fine, several patinated (£80-100)

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 Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 20 A.W. Jan Collection.

Thomas Worswick & Sons, gold- and silver-smiths, watchmakers and jewellers, New street, proprietors Thomas Worswick (1730-1804), his sons Alexander (1765-1814), and Richard (1769-1819). The Worswicks, who had commercial interests in the West Indies and who were linked by marriage to the Gillow family of furniture manufacturers (Thomas Worswick’s second wife was Alice Gillow [1731-1802]), established their own bank, but this ceased trading in 1822