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

Birmingham, James Sketchley, Masonic Halfpence (17), viz. stop after fuit (3), lancaster edge, 9.03g/6h (DH Middlesex 369b), london edge, 9.35g/6h (DH 369c), dublin edge, 9.24g/5h (DH 369d); no stop after fuit (5), black horse edge, 9.06g/6h (DH 370), masonic 1794 edge, 9.18g/6h (DH 370a), masonic undated edge, 9.00g/6h (DH 370b), lancaster edge, 9.19g/6h (DH 370c), masonic halfpenny edge, 9.07g/6h (DH 370e); stops after beauty and fuit (4), masonic halfpenny edge, 8.97g/6h (DH 371), brother edge, 9.51g/6h (DH 371a), lancaster edge, 9.15g/6h (DH 371c), edge plain, 8.93g/6h (DH 371, edge not recorded by Davisson); comma after nov (5), black horse edge, 9.84g/6h (DH 372), masonic 1794 edge, 10.18g/6h (DH 372a), masonic halfpenny edge, 9.22g/6h (DH 372b), birmingham fecit edge, 9.40g/6h (DH 372c), lancaster edge, 9.52g/6h (DH 372e); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (5), Freemasons’ arms, quatrefoil below (4), revs. Prince of Wales full face (2), lancaster edge, 9.38g/6h (DH 367), dublin edge, 9.00g/6h (DH 367a), Prince of Wales right, lancaster edge, 9.20g/6h (DH 368), Duke of York, dublin edge, 8.99g/6h (DH 373); Freemasons’ arms, rosette below, rev. Duke of York, dublin edge, 8.88g/6h (DH 374) [22]. DH 370 extremely fine with much original colour, DH 371 plain edge, 372b, 372c and 372e fine, others generally very fine, some better, a few scarce (£140-180)

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 369d Yeates Collection, W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 166 (part) [from Spink December 1914]
DH 374 W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-15 July 1903, lot 465 (part), W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 166 (part) [from S.H. Hamer January 1910]
All others except DH 368, 370b and 372c W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lots 155 and 166 (parts) [367 and 373 from S.H. Hamer January 1910, 367a, 370a and 371a gifts of ‘J.E.’, 369b, 370e, 371, 372, 372a and 372e from R. Dalton December 1910, 369c, 370 and 372b from Lincoln May 1914, 370c from W.H. Valentine, 371c from J.H. Daniels, 371 with plain edge from Spink February 1927].

James Sketchley (†Poughkeepsie, USA, 1801), freemason, printer, publisher and auctioneer, 61 High street, who issued the first Birmingham Directory in 1763 and published the Warwick and Coventry Magazine, later the Coventry and Birmingham Magazine (Longman pp.73-5)