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18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Dowgate, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Tallow Chandlers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.29g/6h (DH 111). Extremely fine, obverse with almost full original colour but spot in centre, reverse diffused £90-120
Hammer Price: £140
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Fetter Lane, John Milton, Penny, 1800, in white metal, female personifying Science seated on globe bearing zodiacal sign, rev. Bellerophon holding Pegasus, figure crawling up rock face in background, edge plain, 15.48g/12h (DH 36). From the usual flawed and uncompleted reverse die, rust marks both sides, otherwise completely free from tin pest, extremely fine and extremely rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Foster Lane, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, Goldsmiths’ Hall, rev. Goldsmiths’ arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.88g/6h (DH 166). Extremely fine with much original colour £90-120
Hammer Price: £170
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Holborn, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, New Excise Office, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.89g/12h (DH 128). Weak in centre of obverse, very fine, reverse better £50-70
Hammer Price: £65
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Leadenhall Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Leadenhall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.66g/12h (DH 104). Extremely fine with original colour £90-120
Hammer Price: £190
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, London Wall, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Brewers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.86g/11h (DH 96). Extremely fine, obverse with full original colour, reverse diffused £90-120
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Lower Thames Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Fishmongers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.55g/6h (DH 100). Extremely fine, obverse with full original colour, reverse diffused £90-120
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Ludgate Hill, Matthew Young, Milton’s Penny, 1798, Britannia seated, St Paul’s in background, rev. legend, edge promissory penny token payable on demand, 27.62g/12h (DH 41). Usual rim flaw on reverse, extremely fine with reflective original colour, attractive, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £800
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Ludgate Hill, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Stationers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.86g/5h (DH 109). Extremely fine, obverse with almost full original colour, reverse diffused £90-120
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Maiden Lane, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Waxchandlers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.59g/11h (DH 113). Extremely fine, obverse with almost full original colour, reverse diffused £90-120
Hammer Price: £220
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Old Bailey, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Late Surgeons’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.89g/5h (DH 110). Extremely fine, obverse with considerable original colour, reverse diffused £80-100
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Princes Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Grocers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.92g/12h (DH 101). Usual die flaw on obverse, virtually as struck with full original colour £100-150
Hammer Price: £260
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, St Pancras, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.61g/6h (DH 161). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck with full original colour £100-150
Hammer Price: £300
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, St Paul’s, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, St Paul’s School, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.32g/12h (DH 158). From the usual flawed reverse die, remains of plaster in sunken parts of edge inscription, otherwise extremely fine, original colour £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, St Paul’s, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, from the same dies as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.10g/12h (DH 158). From the usual flawed reverse die, about extremely fine, patinated £60-80
Hammer Price: £110
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Threadneedle Street, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, South Sea House, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.20g/6h (DH 162). Virtually as struck with considerable original colour £90-120
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Threadneedle Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Merchant Taylors’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.57g/4h (DH 106). Obverse die with a trace of flaw, extremely fine, obverse with considerable original colour but a carbon spot in the centre, reverse diffused £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Throgmorton Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Drapers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.52g/4h (DH 98). Extremely fine with original colour, reverse diffused £80-100
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Upper Thames Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Vintners’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.11g/12h (DH 112). Extremely fine, obverse with full original colour, reverse partially discoloured £80-100
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Westminster, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, House of Lords, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.11g/12h (DH 155). An early striking from the reverse die in unflawed state, spot on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with considerable original colour £100-150
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Westminster, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 4, Westminster Abbey, rev. City arms surrounded with drapery, cap of maintenance divides date, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.75g/11h (DH 91). Extremely fine with considerable original colour, rare £240-300
Hammer Price: £360
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Westminster, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, House of Commons, rev. cap of Liberty over coronet on pole, palm branch and cornucopia below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 22.97g/12h (DH 173). Reverse with usual die flaw, extremely fine with much original colour, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £320
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Westminster, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, 1797, Westminster Hall, rev. portcullis and scales between sprigs of oak and laurel, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.57g/6h (DH 168). Light spotting, otherwise extremely fine with much original colour £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Westminster, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, 1797, from the same dies as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.15g/6h (DH 168). Spot in centre of obverse, otherwise extremely fine, bronzed £70-90
Hammer Price: £120
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Whitehall, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Horse and Foot Guards, Whitehall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.35g/12h (DH 93). Obverse die in flawed state, some spotting on obverse, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, diffused on reverse, very rare £240-300
Hammer Price: £420
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Wood Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Barbers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.98g/11h (DH 95). Extremely fine with original colour, reverse diffused £80-100
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Denton’s ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan with partly expanded wings swimming left, rev. arms of the county of Middlesex, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.94g/6h (DH 174). Extremely fine with much original colour, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,200
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, Britannia seated right, rev. twr cypher, date on tablet below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.84g/6h (DH 6). Extremely fine, obverse with considerable original colour and most attractive, reverse diffused and with area of discolouration at 8 o’clock, very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £650
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, bust of George III right within ornamental border, rev. tg cypher, palm branches below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.31g/10h (DH 191). Very fine and extremely rare; believed only 8 specimens known £400-500
Hammer Price: £500
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s Penny for the Centenary of the Revolution, bust of William III within border, rev. lion rampant supporting arms, edge plain, 22.39g/6h (DH 199; Woolf 75:5; BHM 285). Spot behind bust, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour £100-150
18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Fulham, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Fulham Palace, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.18g/12h (DH 153). Extremely fine, red-brown patina £80-100
18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Hackney, David Rebello, Milton’s Penny, 1796, church, rev. figure of Time seated on a cabinet, holding a tablet inscribed with Rebello’s name, edge plain, 16.41g/12h (DH 24). An original striking, virtually as struck and bronzed, very rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,500
18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Hackney, David Rebello, Milton’s Halfpenny, 1795, 12.20g/12h (DH 309); together with miscellaneous 18th century tokens (25), various counties [26]. Mostly fine; all described on tickets £150-200
18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Hackney, David Rebello, Skidmore’s Penny, 1795, church, rev. dar cypher, edge plain, 28.55g/6h (DH 17a). Extremely fine with original colour, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £480
18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Hampton, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, David Garrick’s house, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.33g/6h (DH Middlesex 154). A little light staining, otherwise virtually as struck with full original colour £100-150
Hammer Price: £180
18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Isleworth, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, All Saints Church, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.20g/11h (DH 157). Light grazes in centre of reverse, otherwise virtually as struck, full original colour but slightly streaky £120-150
Hammer Price: £160
18th Century Tokens, NORFOLK, King’s Lynn, A. Cook, Skidmore’s Penny, 1798, plough and harrow, rev. cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.28g/12h (DH 2). Usual light die flaws, otherwise extremely fine with pleasing light patina, very rare £300-400
18th Century Tokens, NORFOLK, Wroxham, Revd. Daniel Collyer, Milton’s Threepence, 1797, wheelbarrow containing spade and pick-axe, rev. legend and value, edge plain, 23.99g/12h (DH 1). Small spot on reverse and a light graze in the centre, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour £100-150
Hammer Price: £280
18th Century Tokens, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Arnold, Davison and Hawksley, Shilling, 1791 [issued 1802], in brass, fleece suspended from apple-tree, rev. crossed fasces and axe, spear and cap of Liberty, edge plain, 11.33g/6h (DH 3). Spotting both sides, otherwise very fine and very rare £100-200
Hammer Price: £400
18th Century Tokens, OXFORDSHIRE, Watlington, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Sherborne (sic) Castle, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.36g/12h (DH Middlesex 132). Extremely fine, patinated £90-120
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