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1 & 2 February 2022
Yorkshire, Thirsk, Association, Shilling, 1812, arms, rev. legend, countermarked scurr thirsk, edge grained, 4.11g/12h (Mays 74 Bis). Fine and toned, countermark very fine, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
30 September 2021
Somerset, Bath, Charles Culverhouse, Isaac Orchard and James Phipps, Four Shillings, arms and supporters, rev. legend, edge grained, 15.19g/11h (D 1). Usual flaw on reverse rim, reverse edge knocks at 1 and 7 o’clock, otherwise about very fine and toned, very rare £150-£200
2 & 3 June 2021
Sussex, Chichester, Thomas Dally & Co, Sixpence, 1811, arms, rev. value, edge grained, 2.23g/12h (KR 302; D 13). Virtually as struck, dark artificial tone, rare £80-£100
Devon, Barnstaple, Joseph Evans, John Bowhay, Michael Nott and R. Gribble, Shilling, 1811, 3.85g/12h (D 13), Sixpence, 1811, 2.07g/12h (D 15); issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1811, 3.79g/12h (D 12), Sixpence, 1811, 1.97g/12h (D 14) [4]. D 12 good very fine and dark-toned, rare, D 15 very fine but with small dent in flan, others good fine £70-£90
Devon, County series, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, arms, shield plain, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 3.24g/12h (D 5). About extremely fine and toned, very rare £150-£200
Somerset, Frome, Willoughby & Sons, Mrs Jane Sinkins, Henry Ryall, William Sparks, William Gerard, Griffith & Gough, Shilling, 1811, facing bust of Alfred the Great, rev. cross, edge grained, 4.37g/12h (D 71). Good extremely fine, olive tone £80-£100
Dorset, Poole, ‘Morgan’s’ mule Sixpence, in copper, Justice seated left, ship at left, six pence silver token poole around, rev. value in Garter Star dividing somersetshire wiltshire gloucestershire south wales and bristol token, edge plain, 3.07g/12h (D 12 obv./D Somerset 65 rev.). Traces of old gilt plating, fine, of the highest rarity £200-£300
Gloucestershire, Nailsworth (?), Remmington & Smith, copper Halfcrown, 1804, legend around value, rev. we promise to pay the bearer on demand a one pound note for eight of these pieces, edge plain, 39mm, 16.62g/6h (W 2534; D & W 338/45; D Not Local 17; cf. Davis Sale, 701 [= Norman II, 310]; cf. DNW 165, 1097). Fair, extremely rare; very few specimens known £90-£120
Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bristol Commercial Token Bank Co, imitation Shilling, 1811, in copper, rev. silver plated, arms and crest within Garter, rev. flag on tower above that on mast, tail of serpent nearly touches n of token, rev. legend, reading augt 22, garrett, terrail, edmd bird, gregg, etc, edge plain, 5.96g/12h (D Somerset 34; cf. DNW T6, 131). Extremely fine and very rare £200-£300
Hampshire, Portsmouth, James Stephens, Shilling, 1811, ship to right, rev. value, edge grained, 3.92g/12h (D 38). Minor scratches and surface marks on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, grey tone, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £150
London, ‘Charing Cross’, issuer uncertain, Eighteen Pence, equestrian statue of Charles I, flat top to first date figure, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 5.71g/12h (D 3). Good very fine and well-struck, rare £200-£260
London, ‘Charing Cross’, issuer uncertain, Shilling, equestrian statue of Charles I, no lamps on railings, rev. arms, edge grained, 3.38g/12h (D 9). Virtually as struck, attractive olive-grey tone £90-£120
Yorkshire, Thirsk, Association, Shilling, 1812, arms, rev. legend, edge grained, 4.20g/12h (D 74). Fine and toned, rare £100-£150
Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, Joseph Hunton and James Blyth [of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk], Shillings, 1811 (2), single acorn, 3.73g/6h (D 14), two acorns, 3.88g/12h (D 15); Francis Reynolds, Shillings, 1811 (2), date under arms, 4.01g/12h (D 16), date under castle, 3.91g/12h (D 17) [4]. D 14 about very fine, others about extremely fine and better £90-£120
Sussex, Shoreham, Thomas Clayton and John Hide, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, 1811, St Mary’s Church, reads pence, rev. legend, edge grained, 3.93g/12h (KR 305; D 15). Graze in obverse field, otherwise very fine and very rare £140-£180
Somerset, Bath, Samuel Whitchurch and William Dore, Four Shillings, 1811, arms and supporters, rev. legend, edge grained, 15.57g/12h (D 9). Usual striking weaknesses, otherwise very fine and very rare £150-£200
Sussex, Steyning, Samuel Gates and John Cheesman, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, 1811, legend, reads gateis, rev. bee-hive and bees within wreath, edge grained, 3.95g/12h (D 17; KR 306). About extremely fine, very rare £200-£260
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Workhouse, Threepence, 1813, silver-plated, elevation of Workhouse, blank clock-face, rev. arms, edge centre-grained, 73.03g/12h (dies of W 381). Test mark on edge, otherwise good very fine, rare and unusual £200-£300
Wiltshire, Marlborough, Stephen King, John Gosling, William Tanner and Robert Griffiths, Shilling, 1811, cruciform clasped hands, t of tanner over space in beading, rev. value, edge grained, 3.46g/12h (D 3 var.; Waters p.15). Virtually as struck, grey tone, rare £100-£150
Yorkshire, Bridlington, Isaac Cook and Robert Harwood, Shillings (2), 1811, 4.28g/6h (D 4), 1812, 4.26g/6h (D 5); James Stephenson, Shilling, 1811, 3.81g/12h (D 6) [3]. D 5 good very fine and toned, others very fine £150-£200
Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bristol Commercial Token Bank Co, imitation Shilling, 1811, arms and crest within Garter, flag on mainmast to centre of flag on tower, tail of serpent does not touches n of token, rev. legend, reading augt 22, garratt, terrell, edwn bird, grigg, etc, edge grained, 4.13g/12h (D Somerset 32 and Mayes 32bis). Very fine and extremely rare £90-£120
Gloucestershire, Bristol, Robert Tripp & Co, Shilling, 1811, three-masted ship to left, rev. legend including issuer’s name, edge grained, 3.93g/12h (D Somerset 51). Extremely fine, bright appearance £70-£90
Hampshire, Portsmouth, James Dudley, Shillings, 1811 (2), from the same dies, clear stop after i, 3.97g/12h (D 35), filled or clogged die, 3.95g/12h (’D 36’) [2]. First extremely fine and toned, second very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £140
London, ‘Charing Cross’, issuer uncertain, Shilling, equestrian statue of Charles I, lamps on railings, rev. arms, edge grained, 3.51g/12h (D 6). Extremely fine, brilliant fields, toned £80-£100
Yorkshire, Sheffield, S. & C. Younge & Co, Shillings, 1812 (2), 4 blades of grass, 4.71g/6h (D 64), 3 blades of grass, 4.61g/6h (D 65) [2]. Extremely fine, first with small b countermarked on reverse, second of bright appearance £90-£120
Yorkshire, York, Robert Cattle and James Barber, Shillings, 1811 (5), y on second leaf (2), 4.19g/12h (D 80), 4.29g/12h (D 82), y on first leaf (2), 4.13g/12h (D 83), 4.10g/12h (D 84), no y, 4.41g/12h (D 86) [5]. D 83 good very fine, others about extremely fine and better, all toned £140-£180
Glamorganshire, Merthyr Tydfil, William Crawshay, Shilling, 1811, Cyfarthfa ironworks, rev. value, sloping tops to 1s in date, edge grained, 4.59g/12h (D 1). Extremely fine with mint bloom, attractively toned, rare £200-£260
Sussex, Brighton [and Chichester], Bradshaw and Robert Phillipson, Shilling, legend in wreath both sides, edge grained, 3.52g/12h (Kerridge/de Ruiter 303; D 1). Without the usual cross stamped at end of issuer’s name on reverse, about extremely fine, partially toned £120-£150
Berkshire, Reading, John Berkeley Monck, Halfcrown, 1811, arms, rev. value, edge grained, 9.29g/12h (D 3). Very fine, toned £80-£100
Somerset, Bath, Charles Culverhouse, Isaac Orchard and James Phipps, Two Shillings, arms and supporters, rev. legend, edge grained, 7.82g/12h (D 16). Extremely fine and toned, retaining some brilliance £90-£120
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Workhouse, Shillings, 1811 (3), 4.72g/12h (D 10), 4.64g/12h (D 11), 4.44g/12h (D 12) [3]. D 11 extremely fine, bright appearance, others better and dark-toned £90-£120
Dorset, Shaftesbury, ‘Morgan’s’ mule Shilling, 1811, arms, rev. one shilling at shaftesbury or s lloyds bucklersbury, etc, edge grained, 3.72g/12h (Thompson, BNJ 1972, dies F5; D 13). About extremely fine and toned, rare £90-£120
Gloucestershire, Bristol, Niblock & Latham, Shilling, 1811, 4.06g/12h (D Somerset 47), Sixpence, 1811, 1.99g/12h (D 64) [2]. First virtually as struck and dark-toned, second good very fine, bright appearance £80-£100
Hampshire, Andover, William and Joseph Wakeford, Shillings (2), 1811, 4 acorns, 3.82g/1h (D 18), 1812, 7 acorns, 3.92g/11h (D 20) [2]. First extremely fine but spotted, second good extremely fine, attractive olive tone and mint bloom £90-£120
Hammer Price: £130
London, Marylebone, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, arms, rev. value, sold by royal licence, etc, edge grained, 3.33g/12h (D 23). About extremely fine, rare £70-£90
Yorkshire, York, Robert Cattle and James Barber, Shillings, 1811 (2), reduced weight issue, arms untinted, 3.54g/12h (D 91), 3.87g/12h (D 92) [2]. First with some surface marks and edge hammered up, otherwise about very fine, second good fine, both very rare £70-£90
Norfolk, King’s Lynn, Isaquey Hedley, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, 1811, silver token stamp office, etc, s of stamp lines to e of the, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 3.86g/12h (D 10). About extremely fine, very rare £200-£260
Co Durham, Kibblesworth, Harrison, Cooke & Co, Shilling, 1811, ship at coal staith, reads bewicke, rev. value, edge grained, 3.90g/12h (D Northumberland 5). Good very fine, toned £80-£100
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Alexander Kelty, Shilling, 1812, 4.35g/6h (D 8), and a base metal imitation with plain edge, 3.48g/6h (D 9) [2]. First good extremely fine with considerable mint bloom, second partially plated, bent and with test scrapes, otherwise fine £80-£100
Glamorganshire, Neath, Hopkin Rees and David Morgan, Shilling, 1811, tower, rev. value, no inner circle, roof of building lines between l and e in payable, edge grained, 3.77g/12h (D 14). Extremely fine, obverse with rainbow tone, rare £150-£200
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