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3 October 2019
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, copper (3), arms, rev. dealer in ancient & modern coins medals antiques &c within wreath, edges plain, 36mm, 27.12g/12h (W 3075 var.; D & W 345/54), 29mm, 11.35g/12h (W 3076; D & W 345/56), 22mm, 5.74g/12h (W 3077; W TB 2, 2930; D & W 345/58) [3]. Extremely fine, first with some spotting on obverse, second with almost full original colour £60-£80
Hammer Price: £80
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, copper (4), similar, edges plain, 36mm, 27.39g/12h (W 3075 var.; D & W 345/54), 29mm (2, second gilt), 11.30g/12h, 11.17g/12h (W 3076; D & W 345/56), 22mm, 5.73g/12h (W 3077; W TB 2, 2930; D & W 345/58) [4]. Gilt very fine, others extremely fine, first with some spotting on obverse £80-£100
Hammer Price: £140
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, copper (3), similar, edges centre-grained, 36mm, 25.54g/12h (W 3075; D & W 345/54), 29mm (2), 12.08g/12h, 12.07g/12h (both W 3076; D & W 345/56) [3]. Second about very fine, others extremely fine and better with original colour, last virtually as struck £70-£90
Hammer Price: £60
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, silver, winged figure of Father Time kneeling, gathering coins onto a tray, rev. arms, edge plain, 33mm, 18.75g/12h (W 3080 [not seen]; Bell, 1966, A5; D & W 346/66). No die flaw on reverse, minor hairlines in obverse field, otherwise practically as struck, deeply toned, extremely rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £260
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834 (2), from the same dies as previous, edges plain, both 33mm, copper, 16.96g/12h, white metal, 12.46g/12h (W 3080 [not seen]; Bell, 1966, A5; D & W 346/65, 346/67) [2]. Die flaw in reverse field, about extremely fine and better, both rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, silver, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. legend, collections purchased, etc, edge plain, 33mm, 18.93g/12h (W 3079; Bell, 1966, A6; D & W 346/63). Virtually as struck and richly toned, extremely rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £280
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, copper, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 33mm, 16.07g (W 3079; Bell, 1966, A6; D & W 346/62). Extremely fine, rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £130
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, silver, arms, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 18.17g/12h (W 3081 [not seen]; Bell, 1966, A5/A6 mule; D & W 346/69). Usual die flaw on obverse, extremely fine and toned, extremely rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £240
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, white metal, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 12.46g/12h (W 3081 [not seen]; Bell, 1966, A5/A6 mule; cf. D & W 346/68-9). Usual die flaw on obverse, graze by russell, otherwise about extremely fine, extremely rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1839, silver, arms, rev. legend in wreath, edge plain, 29mm, 13.03g/12h (W 3078 [not seen]; D & W 346/61). Usual flaw on reverse rim at 8 o’clock, virtually as struck and deeply toned, extremely rare £240-£300
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1839, copper, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 29mm, 11.71g/12h (W 3078 [not seen]; D & W 346/60). Usual flaw on reverse rim at 8 o’clock, about extremely fine, rare £70-£90
Hammer Price: £65
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Holborn, William Taylor, 1851, copper (2), medallist by appointment to the great exhibition, etc, revs. coining press, medals coins & tradesmen’s tokens struck, both 30mm, 10.33g/12h, 10.20g/12h (W 3072; D & W –); together with a brass Fourpence, 28mm, 7.87g/6h [3]. Last good fine, others extremely fine and scarce £70-£90
Hammer Price: £120
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Lambeth, Benjamin Nightingale, 1843, gilt-copper, by W.J. Taylor, female seated right, holding cornucopia from which coins fall, no books at left, coin cabinet at right, shield in field, rev. bn monogram, 17.67g/12h (cf. W 3055; Bell, 1966, A4; cf. D & W 345/51). Small die flaws on rims, brilliant and virtually as struck, very rare £100-£150
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Lambeth, Benjamin Nightingale, 1843, copper, by W.J. Taylor, from the same dies as previous, 12.01g/12h (W 3055; Bell, 1966, A4; D & W 345/51). Brilliant mint state £50-£70
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Lambeth, Benjamin Nightingale, 1843, silver, by W.J. Taylor, female seated right, holding cornucopia from which coins fall, books at left, coin cabinet at right, rev. from the same die as previous, 16.73g/12h (W 3054; Bell, 1966, A3; D & W 345/50). Some light spotting, otherwise virtually as struck and toned, extremely rare £200-£300
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Lambeth, Benjamin Nightingale, 1843, copper (2), by W.J. Taylor, from the same dies as previous, 13.49g/12h, 13.34g/12h (W 3054; Bell, 1966, A3; D & W 345/49) [2]. Former virtually as struck, latter about extremely fine £60-£80
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Marble Arch, Howard and Frances Simmons, London Coin Fair (4), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, all brass, dates, revs. legend, all 32mm, 8.09g/12h, 8.10g/12h, 8.05g/12h, 8.10g/12h; Oxford Circus, Richard Lobel, aluminium, 11-15 wigmore st, rare coins bought & sold, etc, rev. facsimile of the Continental Dollar, 1776, 40mm, 7.88g/12h [5]. Extremely fine and better £10-£20
Hammer Price: £20
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Tower Hill, Royal Mint, copper, crown, royal mint around, rev. h, edge plain, 32mm. 17.95g/12h. Fine, very rare £60-£80
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Walthamstow, Thomas de la Rue, the obv. matrix for a token or medal, unsigned, bust left in greatcoat, thomas de la rue above, 40mm, 561.88g; together with De La Rue Engineering Ltd, cupro-nickel, similar bust left, rev. manufacturers of 20th century coins, etc, edge grained, 26mm, 5.54g/12h (cf. Sweeny 35 Adv. rev.) [2]. First with some surface rust otherwise very fine and very rare, second extremely fine but stained on reverse £100-£150
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, NORTHUMBERLAND, Gosforth, Robert Bell, 1966, copper, by S.G.M. Adams, Dr Bell performing operation, rev. rcb monogram, edge plain, 32mm, 14.28g/12h. Obverse partly toned, otherwise virtually as struck; in original black fitted case £50-£70
Hammer Price: £40
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, NORTHUMBERLAND, Gosforth, Robert Bell, 1966, copper (2), by S.G.M. Adams, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 32mm, 14.12g/12h; from the altered obv. die with the head of Fame blowing a trumpet added to centre and without the artist’s initials, edge plain, 15.07g/6h [2]. Some light spotting, otherwise virtually as struck, the second very rare £50-£70
Hammer Price: £100
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Bell, Farthing (?), in lead, sailing barge, rev. coaly tyne, edge plain, 7.09g/12h (Davisson, CTCJ 66, p.8; W p.134; D 29; cf. DNW 141, 1049). Obverse fair, reverse better than fine, extremely rare; sold as viewed and not subject to return £50-£70
Hammer Price: £75
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, William Norman, a George III Penny, 1797, obv. impressed with an incuse impression of a Victorian Halfpenny [1860-94], without date, probably taken from a working die, rev. scratched penny token payable by w. norman 1897 newcastle on tyne within and around punched oval, 25.00g/10h. Undertype worn almost flat, otherwise much as made, unusual and very rare; only the second example seen by the cataloguer in 50 years £50-£80
Hammer Price: £300
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, STAFFORDSHIRE, Wolverhampton, Daniel Smith & Co, 1905, bronze, coining press, rev. minting machinery, etc, edge plain, 31mm, 13.23g/12h (Hawkins –; cf. TCS Auction 2017, 96). Good very fine, very rare £40-£50
Hammer Price: £170
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, SUSSEX, Chichester, G.C. Kent, 1912, brass (2), by A. Miesch, Justice standing, holding scales over a shield inscribed 12/6, revs. subscribers receipt first publication on the value of tokens, etc, both 23mm, 5.48g/12h, 5.22g/12h (KR 915; W –) [2]. Extremely fine £10-£20
Hammer Price: £15
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, illuminated Appreciations (2), by the Borough of Birmingham on behalf of the Health Committee, ‘that the best thanks of this Committee be given to the Chairmen of its Sub Committees – viz…Mr Councillor W.J. Davis, Chairman of the Finance Sub Committee…’, 19 October 1881, 30 October 1882, both signed by G.O. Smith, Town Clerk; together with a typed list of all the members of Birmingham Council, 1880/1; also...
Hammer Price: £30
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, the Certificate from Birmingham Trades Council appointing Mr. W.J. Davis as an Inspector under the Factory Act, signed by Allan Granger, Chairman, Benjamin Church, Secretary, 3 March 1883. Parchment; some slight soiling and crease marks at one edge not affecting the text itself, otherwise very fine, UNIQUE £60-£80
Hammer Price: £50
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, a group of ALS to W.J. Davis (8), from William Cook, Midland Pin & Rivet Works, Princip street, Birmingham, 5 July 1886, a fellow borough councillor, ‘I shall not let the defeat trouble me…’; from Francis Channing, 40 Eaton Place, SW, 22 April 1892, ‘I have just come across your letter…to the Birmingham Post in reference to Mr Collings’s excuse for voting against my motion…’; from Richard Cadbury, Moor...
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, National Society of Amalgamated Brassworkers, 1890, medals (2), bright brass and copper, by W.J. Davis, first unsigned, second signed d in obv. exergue, front elevation of the Society’s headquarters, revs. bonus obtained 1872, great arbitration 1879, etc, edges plain, both 38mm, 22.98g/12h, 23.50g/12h (W 3021; BHM 3404) [2]. First lightly spotted, otherwise extremely fine, second better and with full original colour £100-£150
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, a set of New Centenary tokens (21), all in bronzed-copper, viz. 1893 (7), revs. Town Hall, Council House & Art Gallery, New Post Office, Assize Court, Aston Hall, Mason College, School of Art; 1894 (14), revs. School Board Offices, Midland Institute, High School for Girls, Free Grammar School, St Martins Church, Joseph Priestley statue, New General Hospital, Queen’s College, Bank of England,...
Hammer Price: £420
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary token, 1893, a mule in silver, arms and supporters, rev. The Exchange, edge plain, 29mm, 10.08g/12h (Davis –). Cut on reverse rim at 9 o’clock, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, of the highest rarity; the only specimen known to the cataloguer £200-£300
Hammer Price: £220
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary token, 1893, a mule in silver, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Technical School, edge plain, 29mm, 8.42g/12h (Davis –). Brilliant and practically as struck, of the highest rarity; the only specimen known to the cataloguer £200-£300
Hammer Price: £190
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary tokens (3), all 1893, in white metal, from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Council House & Art Gallery, edges plain, all 29mm, 9.46g/12h (Davis 841); School of Art, 9.32g/12h (Davis 856); School Board Offices, 6.70g/12h (Davis 859) [3]. Some surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and excessively rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £200
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary token, 1894, on an unbronzed flan, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Grammar School, edge plain, 29mm, 13.11g/12h (Davis 866, this piece). Perhaps the first struck from the reverse die as the flaw is just beginning to develop, weak in centres but extremely fine with original colour, UNIQUE £100-£200
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary token, 1894, on a bronzed flan, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Grammar School, edge plain, 29mm, 12.38g/12h (Davis 866). Pronounced die cud on reverse, otherwise practically as struck, extremely rare £100-£150
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary tokens (3), all 1894, on unbronzed flans with fine corded borders, from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Joseph Priestley statue, edges plain, all 29mm, 12.44g/12h (Davis 875, this piece), New General Hospital, 12.70g/12h (Davis –), Queen’s College, 12.70g/12h (Davis –) [3]. Extremely fine and exceptionally rare, the only specimens known to the cataloguer £300-£500
Hammer Price: £340
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, 1900, silver, by J.A. Restall, view of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, i promise to give good exchange for rare tokens, rev. Davis’ address around when time comes round, christmas box, etc, edge the token coinage of warwickshire, 35mm, 22.35g/12h (W 3019; Bell, 1966, A3). Virtually as struck with grey tone, very rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £320
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, 1900, copper, by J.A. Restall, from the same dies as previous, edge the token coinage of warwickshire, 35mm, 20.96g/12h (W 3019; Bell, 1966, A3). Virtually as struck, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £95
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, 1900, white metal, by J.A. Restall, from the same dies as previous, edge the token coinage of warwickshire, 35mm, 22.57g/12h (W 3019; Bell, 1966, A3). Very fine, rare £50-£70
Hammer Price: £45
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, 1900, brass, by J.A. Restall, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 35mm, 19.31g/12h (W 3019; Bell, 1966, A3). Light handling marks in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck, extremely rare with this edge £100-£150
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