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30 September 2021
Brecknock, Brecon, George Horth (sic), imitation Shilling, in brass, mantle from the borough arms, rev. for all parts of the united kingdom, etc, low s in parts, edge plain, 3.92g/12h (D –; Oddie, TCSB January 1997, pp.390-1; Wager pp.48, 53). Fair, extremely rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £55
2 & 3 June 2021
Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen, Morris & Sons, imitation Shilling, 1811, base silver, cockerel standing left, 4 berries in right branch, rev. value, edge grained, 2.97g/12h (D 2). About fine, extremely rare £60-£80
Yorkshire, Hull, Charles Rudston and George Preston, Eighteen Pence, 1811, arms, 5 berries to right and 4 to left, rev. value, edge grained, 5.64g/12h (D 15). Extremely fine, bright £90-£120
Gloucestershire, Bristol, issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1811, arms and crest, rev. legend around value, edge grained, 3.70g/12h (D Somerset 19). Extremely fine, mint bloom £60-£80
1 & 2 February 2022
London, Bucklersbury, Samuel Lloyd, Shilling, 1811, 3.71g/12h (D 15), Sixpence, 1811, 1.98g/12h (D 36) [2]. First good very fine, second about extremely fine and toned £70-£90
Hammer Price: £60
London, ‘Charing Cross’, ‘Knapp & Co’, ‘Morgan’s’ mule Shilling, arms, rev. legend in wreath, edge plain, 3.34g/12h (D 26). Very fine and toned, very rare £120-£150
Yorkshire, York, Robert Cattle and James Barber, Shillings, 1811 (4), y on second leaf (2), 3.96g/12h (D 77), 4.14g/12h (D 80), y on first leaf, 4.00g/12h (D 83), no y, 4.19g/12h (D 86), Sixpence, 1811, 1.71g/12h (D 94) [5]. D 83 fine and with cut in edge, D 80 good very fine, D 86 extremely fine and toned but with initials w b engraved on obverse, others good fine, D 94 plated £60-£80
Flint, Holywell, Jones, Oldfield, Sankey & Oakley, Shillings, 1811 (2), 4.28g/6h (D 1), 4.18g/6h (D 2) [2]. First good very fine, second about very fine, both rare £80-£100
Cheshire, Stockport, issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1812, bee-hive and 17 bees, rev. female seated right on woolpack, edge grained, 4.60g/6h (D 7). About extremely fine, dark spotted tone £60-£80
Somerset, Bath, Charles Culverhouse, Isaac Orchard and James Phipps, Shilling, 1812, arms and supporters, rev. legend, stops after c, i and j, edge grained, 4.17g/12h (D 17). Extremely fine and toned £40-£50
Dorset, Blandford Forum, Henry Ward, Shilling, 1811, arms in Garter, rev. value, edge grained, 3.79g/12h (D 2). Minor surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine, attractively toned £70-£90
Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bristol Commercial Token Bank Co, imitation Shilling, 1811, in plated brass, arms and crest within Garter, flag on mast to centre of flag on tower, tail of serpent does not touches n of token, rev. legend, reading augt 12, carratt, ferrell, etc, edge grained, 3.53g/12h (D Somerset 30). Very fine for this base issue, very rare £50-£70
Yorkshire, Hull, Charles Rudston and George Preston, Eighteen Pence, 1811, arms, 6 berries to right and 4 to left, rev. value, edge grained, 5.96g/12h (D 13). Good very fine, rare £70-£90
Gloucestershire, Bristol, William Sheppard, Shillings, 1811 (2), 3.83g/12h (D Somerset 49), 3.10g/12h (D 50; Wager p.53), Sixpence, 1811, 2.00g/12h (D 65) [3]. D 49 virtually as struck with original bloom, D 50 fine and rare, D 65 about extremely fine £90-£120
Gloucestershire, Bristol, ‘Morgan’s’ Shillings (2), tail of serpent touches n of token, 3.81g/12h (D Somerset 38), tail does not touch n of token, 3.81g/12h (D 39) [2]. First about extremely fine, second very fine and toned, both rare £80-£100
Yorkshire, Leeds, Workhouse, Shilling, 1812, arms and supporters, rev. legend, edge grained, 4.58g/12h (D 32). Extremely fine, blotchy tone £80-£100
Yorkshire, Sheffield, Overseers, Shillings, 1811 (2), no pellet between arrow heads, 4.13g/6h (D 72), 4.05g/12h (Mays 72 Bis) [2]. Good very fine and better, toned, second very rare £80-£100
Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, William Bastin, Shilling, 1811, St Mary’s Church, rev. legend, edge grained, 3.95g/12h (D 1). Extremely fine, toned £80-£100
Hampshire, County series, Sixpences, 1811 (2), regular date numerals, 2.11g/12h (D 7), mismatched crude date numerals, 1.99g/12h (D 10) [2]. First good very fine but with surface metal flaws and traces of prior mounting, second about very fine and rare £40-£50
Hammer Price: £65
London, Marylebone, ‘Morgan’s’ Sixpences (2), 1.96g/12h (D 40), 1.64g/12h (D 42) [2]. First extremely fine, second very fine, both rare £80-£100
Flint, Holywell, Jones, Oldfield, Sankey & Oakley, Shillings, 1811 (2), 4.05g/6h (D 4), 3.93g/6h (D 5) [2]. Very fine or better and toned, former rare £80-£100
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Robertson, Shillings, 1811 (2), both read iohn, signed w, 4.38g/6h (D 11), unsigned, 4.45g/6h (D 12) [2]. First extremely fine and toned, second good very fine and bright, both with usual off-centre striking characteristics £60-£80
Cornwall, County series, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, 1811, arms, north cornwall, etc, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 3.40g/12h (D 1). Scratch in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £60-£80
Gloucestershire, Bristol, Robert Tripp & Co, Shilling, 1811, no issuer’s name, 3.88g/12h (D Somerset 52), Sixpence, 1811, 1.98g/12h (D 66) [2]. First good very fine, second extremely fine, both of bright appearance £60-£80
Gloucestershire, Bristol, ‘Morgan’s’ imitation Shilling, arms and crest within Garter, bristol medal, etc, rev. bristol and welch principality, etc, edge grained, 3.12g/12h (D Somerset 42; Wager p.53). Fine, very rare £50-£70
Lancashire, Manchester, William Ballans, Shilling, 4.60g/6h (D 3); issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1812, 4.63g/12h (D 6; Wager pp.52, 118) [2]. First with graze in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine £60-£80
Lincolnshire, County series, Shilling, 1811, fleece, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 3.83g/6h (D 1). Cleaned in the past, otherwise very fine, partial dull tone £70-£90
Hammer Price: £70
Kent, Folkestone, John Boxer, Shilling, 1811, crowned arms, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 4.02g/12h (Thompson dies B2; Mays 2; D 1). Light spotting on obverse, otherwise extremely fine £90-£120
Nottinghamshire, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, imitation Shillings, 1811 (2), both base, head of figure between k and e, 3.87g/12h (D 7, the plate coin), reading stanzail moore, etc, 3.98g/12h (D 8; Wager p.52) [2]. First fair and with obverse rim knock at 1 o’clock, second about fine, both of extreme rarity £100-£150
Dorset, Poole, James Ferris, Shilling, 1811, arms, rev. legend, no ornament above poole, edge grained, 3.76g/12h (D 6). About very fine, rare £50-£70
Staffordshire, Bilston, George Rushbury and Edward Woolley, Shillings, 1811 (2), no inner circles, latter countermarked g on obv., 4.06g/12h, 4.04g/12h (both D 2), Sixpence, 1811, 2.08g/12h (D 3) [3]. First good very fine, second fine, last extremely fine and attractively toned £80-£100
Not Local: British, Uncertain manufacturer associated with Westwood, Sixpence, 1812, bee-hive and bees, rev. Britannia seated left on cannon, edge grained, 2.03g/6h (D 17). Extremely fine and bright, rare £100-£150
Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Thomas Saunders and Richard Butt, Shillings, 1811 (2), reads october 20th, 3.93g/12h (D 7), reads october 25th, 4.02g/12h (D 8) [2]. D 7 very fine but scratched on obverse at upper right, D 8 obverse extremely fine, reverse nearly so and dull-toned £60-£80
Gloucestershire, Gloucester, issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1811, arms, no stops in legend, rev. Cathedral, edge grained, 3.90g/12h (D 5 and Mayes 5bis). Virtually as struck, obverse with streaky tone, reverse with mint bloom £80-£100
Herefordshire, Hereford, Wainwright & Co and Carless & Co, Shilling, 1811, arms, five acorns, rev. legend on scroll, edge grained, 4.01g/12h (D 1). Good very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £75
Herefordshire, Hereford, Wainwright & Co and Carless & Co, Shilling, 1811, arms, three acorns, rev. legend on scroll, edge grained, 4.09g/12h (D 2). Extremely fine, mint bloom £80-£100
Flint, Holywell, Jones, Oldfield, Sankey & Oakley, Shilling, 1811, arms, legend close to devices, rev. legend, bank token in small letters, edge grained, 3.10g/11h (D – [dies not listed]). Probably a good quality imitation, some spotting on reverse, otherwise very fine, bright appearance, probably extremely rare £90-£120
Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Cole & Co, Shilling, 1811, in silver-gilt, elevation of Cathedral, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 5.95g/12h (D 6; cf. BSJ 16, 729). On a heavy flan, about very fine, very rare £80-£100
Cheshire, Stockport, Thomas Cartwright, George and Ralph Ferns, Shillings, 1812 (2), 4.56g/6h, 4.20g/6h (both D 6), Sixpence, 1812, 2.08g/6h (D 8) [3]. Second fine, others good very fine, last better £70-£90
Somerset, Bath, Charles Culverhouse, Isaac Orchard and James Phipps, Shilling, 1812, arms and supporters, rev. legend, no stops after c, i and j, edge grained, 3.96g/12h (D 18). Extremely fine and dark-toned, rare £70-£90
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