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Norfolk and Suffolk, Great Yarmouth [and Bury St Edmunds], Joseph Hunton and James Blythe, Shilling, 1811 (D 14), Francis Reynolds, Shilling, 1811 (D 17); Norwich, Thomas Wilson, Farthings (2), both 1839 (UFS 4050); Tunstead and Happing [Wroxham], Corporation House, Halfpenny, 1812 (W 1141); Ipswich, William Adams, Shilling, 1811 (D 1) [6]. First good fine, one Farthing fine, others very fine, last rare but scratched on reverse (£50-60)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 19th Century Tokens formed by David Litrenta.

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Provenance:
First Bowers & Merena Auction, 5-6 June 2002, lot 1774 (part)
Second bt April 1999
Last K.W. Jarmin Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1776 (part) [from F. Schwer 1984]

Joseph Hunton, draper and silk mercer, Market place, Great Yarmouth; he later moved to London and opened a large business in Bishopsgate street but lost a considerable sum of money speculating in Spanish bonds; subsequently he was convicted of issuing false bills of exchange and hanged at Newgate in 1831. James Blyth, linen draper, Butter market, Bury St Edmunds; Frederick Riddell Reynolds, brewer and attorney-at-law, mayor in 1804 and 1823, later Deputy Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk; Thomas Wilson & Sons, confectioners and bakers, Queen street; William Adams, grocer, MP, declared bankrupt November 1814