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Halifax, Samuel Hamer, private tokens, 1899 (2), in copper and white metal, ruin of Kirkstall Abbey, revs. esse quam videri, etc, edges plain, both 38mm, 25.19g/12h, 6.87g/12h (both Bell A2) [2]. Extremely fine, former with much original colour, latter with some light corrosion on obverse rim (£50-80)
Hammer Price: £60
temp. William III, Half-Pistole by Anthony Giles (W 1119); Guinea by Samuel Kerison (W 1131) [2]. First fair to fine, second about very fine and superior to the illustration in Withers, both rare (£50-70)
Weights for Portuguese coins: Moidore series, Moidore (W 1431); Half-Moidore (W 1435); Quarter-Moidore (W 1441); Moidore (W 1451); Half-Moidore (W 1452); Moidore, Half-Moidore and Quarter-Moidore, all 1748, by Kirk (W 1486, 1494, 1501); Half-Moidore, 1754, by Kirk (W 1510, broad flan) [9]. Very fine and better (£50-70)
Improved Sovereign balances (3), by Harrison of Birmingham, T. Simmons and Smith [3]. Virtually as new; all in original card cases (£70-90)
18th Century, Lancashire, Lancaster, Daniel Eccleston, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.76g/6h (DH 58); together with other miscellaneous later tokens, tickets, checks, hop tokens, jetons, etc (290) [291]. First extremely fine with much original colour, others in varied state (£90-120)
Gloucester, James Whalley, Shilling, 3.74g/6h (D 11), issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1811, 4.07g/12h (D 5); Sedbury, ‘Sedbury Iron Works’, Penny, 18.24g/6h (W 970) [3]. First about extremely fine, second extremely fine, both toned, last very fine and patinated (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £55
19th Century, Cambridgeshire, Chatteris, William Curtis, Farthings, 1813 (2), 3.35g/6h (W 660), 3.24g (W 661); London, Lad Lane, William Waterhouse, Halfpenny, 9.15g/12h (W 840); together with other tokens (16), of Cambridgeshire, Essex (5), London, Norfolk (7), Suffolk, Surrey [19]. First and third very fine, others generally fine, second rare (£40-60)
Clifton, Hooper’s, brass, ice cream soda the most delicious & cooling beverage ever quaffed, etc, rev. bust of Queen Victoria left, eg, 22mm, 3.52g/6h (Hawkins p.129); T.A. Warren, white metal, Beaufort arms and supporters, rev. turtle right, clifton turtle depot, etc, eg, 32mm, 8.10g/6h [2]. First good fine, second extremely fine but flan slightly bent (£25-35)
Theatre, London, Drury Lane Theatre, a uniface copper pass, box, 31mm (D & W 20/218; MG 51). Good fine, scarce (£30-40)
Kington, Talbot Inn, Thomas Hatton, brass Threepence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 25mm, 4.57g/12h (Whitmore 63). Very fine (£30-40)
Burnham Norton, Prisoner of War Camp, white metal Penny [1918], rev. ten dozen of these will be exchanged for five florins e.m. beloe capn. in centre, ep, 31mm, 15.91g/12h. Edges characteristically weak, otherwise about extremely fine (£50-70)
18th Century, Middlesex, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, men at forge, rev. bust of David Garrick, edge grained, 8.81g/7h (DH 497a). Very fine and very rare (£60-80)
Argyllshire, Campbeltown 1609, 7309 (3); Clachan 1472; Bute, Kingarth 3634; Isle of Mull, Kilninian and Kilmore 3966, and Burzinski p.518, this piece illustrated [7]. Fine and better; all identified in envelopes (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £50
Bromham, Hope Coffee Tavern, brass Twopence, rev. value, eg, 24mm, 4.69g/12h; brass Penny, rev. value in wreath, eg, 24mm, 4.71g/12h [2]. Very fine, first slightly discoloured (£30-40)
Melksham, Fred Jeffery, private Halfpence, 1972, by Toye, Kenning & Spencer (2), in silver and copper, similar, former hallmarked Birmingham 1973, both 29mm, 16.18g/12h, 11.99g/12h; together with Wooden Farthing, 1966, first english wooden farthing, etc, rev. illegal tender for any amount, etc, 38mm, 2.60g/12h [3]. Last very fine but numbers inked on obverse, others brilliant, first rare (£40-50)
Value stated weights: Guinea (W 1610), Half-Guinea (W 1611); Three Pounds 12 Shillings (W 1614), 36 Shillings (W 1616), 27 Shillings (W 1619), 18 Shillings (W 1621), Half-Moidore (W 1623); Three Pounds 12 Shillings by Gibbs and Hannah Owen, Birmingham (W 1640) [8]. First and third fine, others very fine, last scarce (£70-90)
Cheltenham, Edward Johnson, Farthing, 1.96g/12h (N 1602-3 rev., different obv.; BW. 39); Warwickshire, Stratford upon Avon, Borough Halfpenny, 1669, 2.50g/12h (N 5359; BW. 145) [2]. First very fine, second fine (£40-60)
An indeterminate Halfpenny-sized flan, counterstamped st:p in sunken rectangle, 6.53g (cf. Noble I, lot 1988); together with a copper mining tally stamped ct and 12s [2]. Fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £45
Seaby, P.J., Coins and Tokens of Ireland, 1st edn, London, 1970, 168pp, illustrations in text; Seaby, P.J., and Bussell, Monica, British Tokens and their Values, 1st edn, London, 1970, 199pp, illustrations in text; Whiting, J.R.S., Trade Tokens: A Social and Economic History, Newton Abbot, 1971, 192pp, illustrations in text, dj; Purvey, P.F., Coins and Tokens of Scotland, 1st edn, London, 1972, 160pp, illustrations in text; Kelly, E.M., Spanish Dollars and Silver Tokens, London, 1976, 151pp,...
Colwall, Horse & Groom, E. Nash, brass Threepence, rev. value, eg, 25.5mm, 5.08g/12h (Whitmore 6). Very fine (£30-40)
Leominster, Blue Boar Inn, F. Wrigglesworth, brass Threepence by G. Pettitt, ep, 25mm, 4.00g/12h (Whitmore 73). Fine (£30-40)
Exeter, Elmfield Hotel, copper Three-Halfpence, 1869, near st david’s railway station, rev. hot joints at one.p.m. around value, ep, 27mm, 6.16g/12h (DTT p.158, no.1, i; Courtney p.55); copper Halfpenny, 1869, similar, rev. e. banfield proprietor around value, ep, 27mm, 6.60g/12h (DTT p.158, no.1, ii); copper Halfpenny, 1879, rev. loyal good samaritan lodge no. 540 around u.a o.d in two lines, ep, 25mm, 5.14g/12h (DTT p.158, no.1, iv) [3]. Very fine and better (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £40
Kent, Kent, Woolwich, W[oolwich] S[cotch] C[hurch] (B 7272). Good fine, very rare and believed the only communion token attributable to Kent (£40-60)
Edward I, Treasury jeton, 1.50g/6h (Mitchiner 111-3). Very fine, patinated (£50-80)
Uniface brass weights, c. 1750-1800: Genoa, Doppia, 12.61g; Doppia Spagna [Spanish Doubloon], 12.61g; France, 40 Francs, 12.89g (cf. Parsons Coll, Baldwin 12, 1187-90; cf. Eimer Coll, Spink 7, 497-503) [3]. Last good fine but some light scratches, others about very fine (£50-70)
West Overton, Bell Inn, zinc Threepence, rev. overton, ep, 30mm, 5.80g/6h (WC p.303). Fine (£25-35)
Lydiard Millicent, Barry Greenaway, private tokens by David Greenhalgh (5), all 2001, in copper, from the same dies as previous, 2.56g/6h, 2.31g/10h, 2.29g/3h, 2.26g/6h, 2.23g/7h [5]. Extremely fine (£50-70)
An early 19th century set of scales, together with knobbed weights for Guinea, Half-Guinea, Third-Guinea, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign; an early 19th century set of scales, together with knobbed weights for Sovereign, Half-Sovereign, others (4) [Lot]. In original wooden cases (£60-80)
Ireland, Co Wexford, Wexford, Thomas Low, Farthing, 1654, 1.07g/12h (N 6359; BW. 752); Co Dublin, Dublin, James Hilles, Halfpenny, 1813 (W 1820); Unlocalised Penny, 1821 (W 1916) [3]. Varied state (£30-40)
Mining, Ewanrigg Colliery, A.W. Hillary, copper check, three-masted ship right, rev. token, etc, 7.07g/12h (Finlay 92; D & W 287/64). Good fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £35
Coxall, J., The Walthamstow Tokens, the 1988 Walthamstow reprint, 26pp + 8pp supplement, 5 plates, copy no.475; together with other titles (8), by Bell, Seaby, Werlich, Amstell, Joslin, etc [9]. Publisher’s bindings (£30-40)
Societies, London Institution, copper Pass, stamped 427a, 43mm (D & W 157/435; MG 1079). Fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
Theatre, London, Lyceum Theatre, a uniface lead pass, 2 galy t.r.e.o.h., 43mm (D & W 32/339; MG –). A little light circumferential corrosion, otherwise fine for this, rare (£40-60)
A set of Georgian scales, together with weights for Guinea and Half-Guinea (W 1975D, 1975G), Guinea and Half-Guinea (W 2120E, 2120H) [Lot]. In original japanned box, label on inside of lid (£40-60)
Abingdon, Nag’s Head Inn, R. Cornish, brass Threepence by S.A. Daniell, rev. value, eg, 26mm, 5.30g/12h, brass Twopence by S.A. Daniell, rev. value, eg, 26mm, 5.05g/12h (Courtney p.196) [2]. Very fine, second pierced (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £20
Engraved coins: Turkey, Abdul Hamid II, 20 Kurush, AH 1293, yr 2 [1877], the rev. worn smooth and engraved (Pt. J. Roberts, 24332 P.M., 6th East Lanc, Bagdad, 1917). Coin mediocre, engraved legend very fine (£30-40)
Exhibitions, London, Regent’s Park, Edinburgh Castle Museum, T.G. Middlebrook, copper tickets (4), 1879 (2, different), undated, 1897, all by T. Pinches (Hawkins p.693; D & W 68/177, 69/178; MG 875). One fine, others very fine and better (£30-40)
Rodbourne Cheney, Rodbourne Cheney Club, uniface oval brass Three-Halfpence, ep, 33 x 23mm, 6.95g; uniface oval brass Penny, ep, 33 x 23mm, 6.83g [2]. First very fine, second nearly so (£30-40)
West Indies, Victoria, knobbed weights (2), for Five Shillings and One Shilling and Threepence [2]. Very fine, rare (£30-40)
Folkestone, Rose Inn, Coulter’s, 12-sided brass, commercial house, etc, rev. commercial hotel railway station within wreath, ep, 23mm, 3.33g/12h (cf. Simmons MBS 35, 771). Very fine (£15-25)
Hammer Price: £10
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