Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Tickets and Passes, Important British Trade Tokens, Coin Weights

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1977

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£160

County series, Kempson’s Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.11g/6h (DH 12), 9.98g/6h (DH 12a); mule Halfpence by Kempson (10), revs. figure of Hope, 8.19g/6h (DH 13); Britannia 1795 (3), 10.28g/6h (DH 14), 11.39g/6h (DH 14a), 9.52g/6h (DH 14b); stork (2), 7.91g/12h (DH 15), 7.72g/5h (DH 15a); river deity, 7.82g/6h (DH 16); plough and shuttle (2), 9.94g/7h (DH 17), 9.80g/6h (DH 17a); Britannia 1797, 6.53g/9h (DH 18) [12]. DH 14a about fine and very rare, DH 18 good fine, DH 14 and 16 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, mostly with original colour, especially DH 12a and 13 (£150-180)

Provenance:
All Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1184, additionally:
DH 12a and 14a W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 17 (part) [DH 12a from J.H. Daniels July 1907, 14a from Spink March 1914]
DH 17a and 18 T. Lloyd Collection, Sotheby Auction, 10-14 May 1878, lot 278 (part), F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 183 (part) [from Spink]