The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence

Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 9.84g/12h (DH 7); Hancock’s Halfpence (11), 1789 (3), 12.76g/6h (DH 10), 12.97g/6h (DH 11), 12.79g/6h (DH 14); 1790 (8), 12.13g/6h (DH 16), 12.58g/6h (DH 18), 12.51g/6h (DH 21), 12.48g/6h (DH 23), 12.65g/6h (DH 24), 12.19g/6h (DH 25), 12.51g/6h (DH 26), 12.64g/6h (DH 27) [12]. DH 10, 18 and 23 good fine, others very fine and better, DH 11, 14, 16 and 21 with original colour (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
All Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 7, 18 and 21 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 186 (part) [from Baldwin]
DH 11 SNC February 1912 (96983)
DH 14 SNC February 1912 (96984), described as A 10 [DH 12] in error
DH 16 SNC February 1912 (96988)
DH 18 and 21 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 189 (part) [DH 18 from J. Verity, 21 from Baldwin]
DH 24 T. Lloyd Collection, Sotheby Auction, 10-14 May 1878, lot 278 (part), F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 189 (part) [from Spink].

For opposing views on Matthew Boulton’s involvement with the striking of the 1789 Roe halfpence, see Doty, CTCJ November 1996, pp.20-1, and Vice, CTCJ February and May 1997