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Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, LONDON, Thomas Spence, Halfpence (4), countermarked spence’s plan full bellies/& every blessing, 6.79g; spence’s plan or war/& starvation, 6.48g; spence’s plan you rogues/partnership in land, 7.08g; land in partnership/or for ever starvation, 7.69g (cf. Thompson, BNJ 1969, p.156) [4]. Fine and better for this material £300-£400
Hammer Price: £440
18th Century Tokens, Unlocalised issues, Westwood’s Collectors’ Halfpenny, 1796, connoisseur smoking pipe, seated at table spread with medals, elderly figure placing a fool’s cap on his head, rev. ass and mule standing facing, be assured friend mule, etc, edge any sum given for scarce original impressions, 11.05g/6h (DH Middlesex 298). Usual die flaw on reverse, otherwise good very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £460
18th Century Tokens, WORCESTERSHIRE, Hagley, Spence’s Halfpenny, man angling on river-bank, fishing-box under trees at left, rev. snail on river-bank, tree and bridge in background, edge plain, 10.25g/6h (DH 21). Struck slightly off-centre, extremely fine, brown patina, rare £240-£300
18th Century Tokens, Unlocalised issues, Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. clasped hands, reads oppression, edge payable in dublin or london, 9.84g/6h (DH Middlesex 1038a). Extremely fine, a little original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £480
18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, John Clarke, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia crowning bust of George III with laurel wreath, rev. oak tree at left, four ships in background, britanniæ tutamen, edge payable at the house of john clarke bull street, 12.65g/5h (DH 122). From the dies in unflawed state, extremely fine and bronzed, very rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £500
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Hyde Park, Gamaliel Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1797, man skating, rev. gs cypher, edge grained, 9.37g/4h (DH 534). From the reverse die in unflawed state, virtually as struck, chocolate-brown patina, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £550
19th Century Tokens, DEVON, County series, William Upcott, Twopence, 1801, view of Eddystone lighthouse, rev. view of Spurn Point lighthouse, edge plain, flan of normal thickness, 35.45g/6h (D 21). An attractive original striking without any die cracks and only the merest hint of a flaw on the Spurn lighthouse, trifling carbon specks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £500-£700
19th Century Tokens, GLAMORGANSHIRE, Landore, British Copper Co, Penny, 1812, legend in and around wreath, rev. lion walking left, above value and date, edge centre-grained, 25.77g/12h (W obv. unpublished, 562 rev.). Light spotting, otherwise extremely fine with brilliant surfaces and reflective patina, perhaps a Specimen, extremely rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £600
18th Century Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Leeds, Samuel Birchall, Halfpenny, 1795, arms, rev. fleece, edge armis tuteris bradley willey, 14.08g/6h (DH 28b). Virtually as struck, dark patina, extremely rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £650
18th Century Tokens, HAMPSHIRE, Gosport, Thomas Wood, Jacobs’ mule Penny, 1798, flags and drum, rev. floating raft, french folly, etc, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 25.92g/12h (DH 3). Light die flaws on obverse and a striking crack at 4 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck with most attractive reflective surfaces and brown patina, rare £500-£700
18th Century Tokens, Unlocalised issues, Westwood’s Collectors’ Halfpenny, 1796, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. two boys racing on asses to right, asses running for halfpence, edge any sum given for scarce original impressions, 11.12g/6h (DH 299; Bell, ST p.66, no. 127, this piece). Extremely fine with original colour, rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £900
18th Century Tokens, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Gloucester, Gloucester & Berkeley Canal Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1797, distant view of the city, rev. ship sailing right, reads berkley, edge plain, 10.44g/6h (DH 62c). Trifling spots, otherwise brilliant mint state with full original colour, a stunning token, very rare; in original metal shells £600-£800
18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Edmund Percy, Penny, 1801, bust of Philemon Holland three-quarters left in ruff, rev. open book propped against two others, quill and ink-stand in foreground, edge penny token payable by e.w. percy coventry, 35.62g/12h (DH 44). Trifling surface marks in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck and bronzed, extremely rare £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,100
18th Century Tokens, LANCASHIRE/CANADA, Lancaster, Daniel Eccleston, Halfpenny, 1794, muled with the obv. of the Copper Co of Upper Canada Halfpenny, bust left, signed ponthon on truncation, rev. river-god reclining to right, holding trident, 4 in date with upper serif only, edge plain, 9.53g/6h (DH 57 bis [dies of DH 57 obv./Breton 721 obv.]; CTCJ 52, front cover, this coin; cf. Heritage 3051, 34139). Good very fine and exceptionally rare, very few specimens known £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £2,400
18th Century Tokens, SHROPSHIRE, Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Pattern or Trial Halfpenny, 1792, in copper, view of the Iron Bridge, no barge on river, rev. man working at inclined plane, edge payable at coalbrook-dale and ketley, 14.76g/6h (DH 3; cf. Noble 778). Reverse struck slightly off-centre as seems typical, extremely fine with attractively diffused original colour, exceptionally rare £1,000-£1,500
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