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

Birmingham, William Lutwyche, Halfpence (3), edge grained, 15.19g/6h (DH 219; Hawkins p.68), edge plain (2), in collar, 14.63g/6h (DH 219b), not in collar, 14.30g/6h (DH 219c); Farthing, 4.32g/6h (DH 482; Hawkins p.68); imitation Halfpenny, rev. conjoined busts of George III and Queen Charlotte, edge plain, 6.24g/7h (DH 220; Cobwright L0050/M0030) [5]. DH 219b extremely fine with much original colour, DH 220 good fine, others about extremely fine and better, DH 219c very rare (£50-70)

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:
Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 219b and 220 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 335 (part) [219b from Baldwin, 220 from Verity, first only listed in sale catalogue].

William Lutwyche (1754-c. 1801), a toymaker by trade at Temple row and later at St Philip’s churchyard, was responsible for coining a huge variety of trade tokens, and many imitations, for as many as 71 different customers between 1792 and 1798 – more than any other token manufacturer. His halfpenny tokens bear a wheel-operated fly press, his farthings a capstan press; the dies for them were engraved by Noël-Alexandre Ponthon (Dykes, BNJ 2004, pp. 168-72)