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Tokens, LONDON, Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, bust right, rev. Fame flying left, edge plain, 9.77g/6h (DH 410). Trifling spots, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated £80-£100
Hammer Price: £160
Tokens, LONDON, Strand, Jasper and Simon Kelly, Halfpenny, 9.45g/6h (DH 345); West Smithfield, Matthew Denton, mule Farthing, denton dealer, etc, rev. deformed dwarf, 3.79g/12h (DH 1056); Uncertain locality, Kempson’s ‘London Essex and Norfolk’ Halfpence (3), 10.56g/12h. 10.27g/12h, 10.06g/12h (all DH 923) [5]. About extremely fine and better, third with almost full original colour £70-£90
Tokens, LONDON, Tower Hill, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, Trinity House, rev. City arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 20.72g/7h (DH 84). Usual die flaw on obverse, extremely fine with much original colour £120-£150
Hammer Price: £80
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, 24.46g/12h (DH 155). An early striking from the reverse die in unflawed state, virtually as struck, much original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £280
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, 23.56g/5h (DH 168). Reverse irregularly toned, otherwise extremely fine with considerable original colour £120-£150
Tokens, LONDON, Westminster, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, House of Commons, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. cap of Liberty over coronet on pole, palm branch and cornucopia below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.10g/12h (DH 173). Reverse with usual die flaw, extremely fine with much original colour and reflective fields, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £360
Tokens, LONDON, Whitehall, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, 1797, Banqueting House, Whitehall, rev. portcullis and scales between sprigs of oak and laurel, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.70g/12h (DH 169). Extremely fine, rare £120-£150
Tokens, LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Penny, type 1, Mansion House, rev. City arms, edge plain, 21.89g/6h (DH 43). Lightly lacquered, otherwise extremely fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £40
Tokens, LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, in brass, Bank of England, 22.41g/6h (DH 46), Carleton House, 22.77g/6h (DH 49), Chelsea Hospital, 22.09g/6h (DH 50) [3]. First about extremely fine, others good very fine but somewhat dulled, all very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £200
Tokens, LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, Carleton House, 22.63g/6h (DH 49), Greenwich Hospital, 22.19g/6h (DH 56), Middlesex Hospital, 21.80g/6h (DH 61) [3]. DH 56 about extremely fine, others better, first with much original colour £100-£150
Hammer Price: £150
Tokens, LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, Monument, 25.33g/6h (DH 63), Ordnance Office, 25.21g/6h (DH 64), St Luke’s Hospital, 23.84g/6h (DH 60) [3]. Extremely fine, first from usual flawed obverse die £120-£150
Tokens, LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 2, St Luke’s Hospital, 24.18g/6h (DH 60), St Paul’s Church Covent Garden, 25.04g/6h (DH 52), St Thomas’s Hospital, 23.75g/6h (DH 66), Trinity Almshouse, 22.93g/6h (DH 67) [4]. Generally extremely fine £140-£180
Hammer Price: £190
Tokens, LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Penny, type 4, Ludgate, rev. Justice standing, edge plain, 17.88g/6h (DH 78). Extremely fine, diffused original colour £40-£50
Hammer Price: £60
Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpence (8), Botolph Lane, St Botolph’s, 12.14g/11h (DH 556a); Bread Street, St Mildred’s, 11.47g/12h (DH 559); Clerkenwell, St James’s, 12.38g/12h (DH 567); College Hill, St Michael’s, 12.23g/11h (DH 572a); Cripplegate, St Giles’s, 14.40g/12h (DH 576); Dukes Place, St James’s, 13.48g/1h (DH 579); Fleet Street, St Bride’s, 13.73g/11h (DH 583); Friday Street, St Mathew’s, 11.82g/11h (DH 585) [8]. Generally extremely fine, some with original colour but DH...
Hammer Price: £240
Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpence (7), Hanover Square, St George’s, 14.46g/12h (DH 592a); Lombard Street, Allhallows, 11.62g/10h (DH 599); Lothbury, St Margaret’s, 1797, 11.47g/12h (DH 605); Paul’s Wharf, St Bennet’s, 9.19g/12h (DH 619); Poultry, St Mildred’s, 1797, 12.30g/12h (DH 620); Queen Square, St George’s, 11.05g/6h (DH 622); Spitalfields, Church, 10.12g/11h (DH 628) [7]. Generally extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £300
Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpence (7), Thames Street, Allhallows (3), 13.18g/12h, 12.64g/12h, 12.23g/12h (all DH 632); West Smithfield, St Bartholomew the Great, 11.50g/12h (DH 542), St Bartholomew the Less, 11.08g/12h (DH 544); Wood Street, St Michael’s (2), 11.81g/12h, 11.60g/12h (both DH 645) [7]. Extremely fine, several with original colour £100-£150
Tokens, LONDON, Skidmore’s Gates, Halfpence (7), Aldersgate, 12.28g/6h (DH 649); Ludgate, 11.29g/12h (DH 657); Moorgate, 11.63g/12h (DH 658); Temple Bar (3), 11.43g/10h, 11.39g/12h (both DH 661), 12.56g/6h (DH 662a); Whitehall Gate, 10.04g/12h (DH 663) [7]. First very fine, others extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £340
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), bust left, revs. Britannia, 12.09g/6h (DH 678a), caduceus, 12.98g/6h (DH 679), three armed citizens, 10.26g/6h (DH 681a), heart and hand, 10.81g/6h (DH 682c) [4]. DH 678a and 682c extremely fine, others very fine £140-£180
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heart and hand, 10.90g/6h (DH 682c), Highlander, 11.93g/5h (DH 683), conjoined heads of man and ass, 11.01g/6h (DH 686), shepherd, 10.43g/5h (DH 690b) [4]. Very fine to extremely fine £120-£150
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heart and hand, 12.56g/6h (DH 682c), Cain slaying Abel, spence edge, 12.59g/6h (DH 687), shepherd, 9.29g/5h (DH 690b) [3]. About extremely fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £140
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (3), t spence bookseller, etc, revs. Marine Society boy, 11.49g/5h (DH 698), Minerva standing, 12.59g/5h (DH 699), bust of John Horne Tooke, 10.18g/7h (DH 702) [3]. About extremely fine and better, but DH 698 partially lacquered £100-£150
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (6), legend beneath radiation (2), revs. Free-born Englishman, 12.70g/12h (DH 709), Highlander, 10.63g/6h (DH 710); sailor seizing a landsman (4), revs. noted advocates, etc, 9.74g/7h (DH 725), Britannia, 10.20g/7h (DH 727), Free-born Englishman, 11.40g/7h (DH 730), lion and cock, 10.77g/7h (DH 733) [6]. DH 710, 725 and 730 extremely fine, others very fine and better £240-£300
Hammer Price: £850
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), coining press, rev. boxers, 11.03g/6h (DH 740); deserted village, rev. shepherd, 10.49g/6h (DH 749); bust of Charles Fox right (2), revs. caduceus, 8.75g/6h (DH 763a), boys at turnstile, 10.42g/6h (DH 771) [4]. Very fine and better £140-£180
Hammer Price: £420
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), bust of Charles Fox right, revs. caduceus, 11.66g/6h (DH 763), Cain slaying Abel, 12.71g/6h (DH 768), boys at turnstile (2), 10.61g/6h 10.48g/6h (both DH 771) [4]. DH 763 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, original colour £180-£220
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (6), heads of man and ass conjoined (2), revs. bust of John Horne Tooke, 10.51g/6h (DH 796), Tree of Liberty, 11.77g/5h (DH 797a); heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (4), revs. noted advocates, etc (2), 10.42g/6h, 10.31g/6h (both DH 798), heart and hand (2), no border, 8.44g/12h (DH 804c), with border, 8.94g/12h (DH 805a) [6]. Generally about extremely fine, but fourth with collectors’ number ‘1281’ inked on obverse £140-£180...
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (7), heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined, revs. noted advocates, etc, 10.88g/6h (DH 798), caduceus, 12.85g/6h (DH 800), three armed citizens, 9.32g/6h (DH 803a), heart and hand (3), no border (2), 9.70g/6h (DH 804b), 9.30g/11h (DH 804c), with border, 10.73g/12h (DH 805a), Highlander, 12.58g/12h (DH 806) [7]. About extremely fine and better, several with original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £380
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd, 8.83g/6h (DH 808), boys at turnstile (4), 10.34g/6h, 10.26g/6h, 10.24g/6h, 10.13g/6h (all DH 810) [5]. First and third very fine, others about extremely fine and better, original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £320
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (5), Cain slaying Abel, revs. Britannia, 12.06g/6h (DH 819), caduceus, 11.89g/9h (DH 820), shepherd (2), 12.19g/4h, 11.88g/4h (both DH 825), boys at turnstile, 10.32g/7h (DH 826b) [5]. Second and fourth very fine, former with flan crack, others about extremely fine and better £150-£200
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (5), shepherd, rev. stag and tree, 10.56g/6h (DH 860); bust of John Thelwall right (4), revs. cap of Liberty, 12.84g/6h (DH 865), Minerva, 13.53g/12h (DH 866a), boys at turnstile (2), 10.35g/6h, 10.24g/6h (both DH 871) [5]. DH 866a very fine and very rare, others good very fine and better £140-£180
Hammer Price: £460
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), bust of John Horne Tooke right, revs. three armed citizens (2), 11.28g/11h, 10.36g/11h (both DH 875), Sessions House, Old Bailey (2), 16.16g/12h, 16.07g/12h (both DH 878) [4]. About extremely fine and better, second with collectors’ number ‘1455’ on obverse, third with considerable original colour £140-£180
Hammer Price: £260
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Sessions House, Old Bailey (2), 14.56g/6h, 14.37g/12h (both DH 878), boys at turnstile, 9.64g/6h (DH 879), bust of George III right, 11.16g/7h (DH 881) [4]. DH 881 extremely fine with original colour, others very fine and better £120-£150
Hammer Price: £220
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), Tree of Liberty (2), revs. Highlander, 12.75g/6h (DH 887), lion and cock, 9.26g/6h (DH 889a); bust right, united token (2), revs. crowned harp and thistles, 10.44g/12h (DH 899), Highlander, 12.77g/12h (DH 900) [4]. Last two about extremely fine, others very fine £100-£150
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (3), Tree of Liberty, rev. lion and cock, 9.64g/6h (DH 889); bust right, united token (2), revs. crowned harp and thistles, 10.99g/12h (DH 899), Highlander, 12.55g/12h (DH 900) [3]. First very fine, others about extremely fine £100-£150
Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Farthings (4), cat seated left, rev. hand holding open book, pig’s meat, 2.50g/3h (DH 1091); Even Fellows, rev. padlock, 2.43g/6h (DH 1095a); legend (2), revs. pig, 3.11g/12h (DH 1117), slave, 3.03g/6h (DH 1118) [4]. First a major mis-strike from clogged dies, others very fine or better but last struck off-centre £100-200
Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Fulham, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Fulham Palace, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.52g/12h (DH 153). Extremely fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £100
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, 24.46g/11h (DH 157). Some spotting on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck , almost full original colour £120-£150
Tokens, NORFOLK, Norwich, Nathaniel Bolingbroke, Halfpence, 1792 (3), 10.08g/6h (DH 14), 12.13g/6h (DH 15), 9.63g/6h (DH 16); Richard Dinmore & Son, Halfpenny, 9.88g/6h (DH 24c); Dunham & Yallop, Halfpenny, 1796, 10.88g/6h (DH 33); John Rooks, Halfpence, 1793 (2), 9.90g/12h, 9.70g/12h (both DH 46) [7]. About extremely fine and better, DH 14 with much original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £170
Tokens, OXFORDSHIRE, Banbury, William Rusher, Halfpenny, bust three-quarters right, rev. sun, edge payable at banbury oxford or reading, 9.94g/6h (DH 1). Extremely fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £50
Tokens, SHROPSHIRE, Ludlow, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Ludlow Castle, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.75g/12h (DH Middlesex 134). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour £180-£220
Tokens, SHROPSHIRE, Ludlow, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, from the same dies as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.23g/12h (DH Middlesex 134). Small metal fault on reverse edge at 8 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, diffused original colour £100-£150
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