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18th Century Tokens, ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies, 1788 (4), 28.42g/12h (DH 122), 28.43g/12h (DH 228), 27.73g/12h (DH 231), 27.23g/12h (DH 242); imitation Penny, 1790, thin flan, 16.35g/6h (DH 254a) [5]. Last fine and very rare, others better £60-£80
Hammer Price: £110
18th Century Tokens, ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Skidmore’s mule Penny, ornate pm co cypher, rev. oval shield and flag, unite & be free 1792, etc, edge plain [rounded], 27.50g/6h (DH 264). Extremely fine and retaining much brilliance, reverse with full original colour, extremely rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,300
18th Century Tokens, ANGUS, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Shilling, 1797, in silver, Broughty Castle, rev. Highlander, edge plain, 4.17g/12h (DH 1). Some old accretions in exergue on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck and richly toned, rare £300-£360
Hammer Price: £320
18th Century Tokens, ANGUS, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Shilling, 1797, in silver, ancient citadel, rev. similar, edge plain, 5.88g/12h (DH 4). Stain in upper reverse field, otherwise very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £55
18th Century Tokens, ANGUS, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Kempson’s Penny, 1798, bust of Admiral Lord Duncan almost full-facing, rev. Eve offering apple to Adam in the Garden of Eden, 23,000 inhabitants in dundee…be fruitful and multiply, edge plain, 20.35g/6h (DH 6). About extremely fine and bronzed, very rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £380
18th Century Tokens, ARGYLLSHIRE, Inverary, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, view of ancient fortress, rev. tg cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.14g/11h (DH 2). About extremely fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £170
18th Century Tokens, KINROSS-SHIRE, Loch Leven, James Wright Jr, Kempson’s Penny, 1797, castle remains, trees in front and figure at side, rev. girl with skirt lifted above her knees, treading washing in a tub, flanked by thistle sprays, edge plain, 29.85g/6h (DH 1). Extremely fine with a little circumferential original colour on obverse, rare £200-£260
18th Century Tokens, RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, Robert Boog Jr, Kempson’s Penny, Abbey Church, rev. interior of the Abbey Church,, edge plain, 22.93g/6h (DH 2). Extremely fine and bronzed, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £360
18th Century Tokens, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Charity Food Penny ticket, 1797, legend both sides, edge plain, 17.15g/6h (DH 1). Good very fine, a hint of original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £340
18th Century Tokens, Co OFFALY, Charleville, Charles Bury, Proof Thirteen Pence, 1802, arms and supporters, rev. payable at tullamoore, etc, upper portion of a in tuesday clear, edge plain, 23.74g/12h (DH 1 [illustrated as DH 2]). Reverse lightly lacquered, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed £200-£300
Hammer Price: £280
18th Century Tokens, Miscellaneous tokens (8), viz. Hereford 1, 2; Lancashire 1; Warwickshire 12, 30 (2, one brass); Angus 5; King’s County 1; together with a modern copy of the Sawbridgeworth Penny [9]. Varied state £40-£50
Historical Medals, 50th Birthday of Joseph Priestley, 1783, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock, bust right, rev. scientific apparatus on a bench, chimney with smoke at right, 36mm, 17.61g (DH Warwickshire 33; BHM 251; E 807). Usual flaw on reverse rim, good extremely fine, red-brown patina, scarce £150-£200
Hammer Price: £400
Historical Medals, Prize Fighting Ring, Banbury, 1789, a copper medal, unsigned, bust of Isaac Perrins right, rev. strength and magnanimity, etc, 34mm, 19.03g (DH Warwickshire 13). Extremely fine with considerable original colour, lightly diffused £90-£120
Hammer Price: £140
Historical Medals, Birmingham Riots [or the Second Anniversary of the French Revolution], 1791, a copper medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], monster of Sedition carrying flag with cap of Liberty on the staff, rev. snake basking in long grass, 34mm, 16.86g (DH Warwickshire 34; BHM 360). Usual die flaw on obverse, good very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £420
Historical Medals, Birmingham Riots [or the Second Anniversary of the French Revolution], 1791, a white metal medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], from the same dies as previous, 34mm, 12.77g (DH Warwickshire 34; BHM 360). Very fine, reverse better £90-£120
Historical Medals, Victory of 1 June 1794, a white metal medal by W. Mossop, bust of Earl Howe left, rev. legend, 34mm, 16.58g/12h (DH Hampshire 7; BHM 384). Usual die flaw on reverse, extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £90
Historical Medals, Norwich Loyal Military Association, 1797, a silver medal, unsigned, soldier bearing arms in front of a row of tents, Castle and Cathedral in background, rev. arms of Norwich flanked by military ensigns, 32mm, 13.46g/6h (DH Norfolk 3; BHM 443). Good very fine, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
Historical Medals, Norwich Loyal Military Association, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, from the same dies as previous, 32mm, 15.05g/6h (DH Norfolk 3; BHM 443). About extremely fine, bronzed £60-£80
Hammer Price: £130
Historical Medals, The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, Warwick, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, three men in cart exhorting the crowds on either side, gallows above, rev. as if from temple bar some head was cut, and on rebelling trunk the face was put, 36mm, 19.87g (DH Warwickshire 7; BHM 444). Minor edge bruising, otherwise good fine and patinated, very rare £300-£400
Tickets and Passes, NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, William Mather, 1797, copper, by Kempson, figure of Justice supporting a shield emblazoned with anchor and key, rev. mather ironmonger, etc, edge plain, 36mm, 21.50g/6h (DH 1). Obverse extremely fine with a little original colour, reverse nearly so, very rare £150-£200
Tickets and Passes, WARWICKSHIRE, Society for Free Debate, Birmingham, 1789, copper, by T. Wyon Sr, bust of Demosthenes left, rev. to raise the genius and to mend the heart, 33mm, 15.65g/6h (DH Warwickshire 35; W 1909). Handling marks both sides, otherwise good very fine, rare £90-£120
Tickets and Passes, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Union Mill, copper, 1796, caduceus and cornucopia, rev. stamped 1003, 33mm, 16.44g (DH 37). About extremely fine £70-£90
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