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Tokens, SHROPSHIRE, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (3), 1790, 12.52g/12h (DH Warwickshire 425), 1791, 12.28g/12h (DH 432), 1793, 11.15g/6h (DH 416); imitation Halfpenny, 1791, 8.94g/6h (DH 441) [4]. About extremely fine and better, DH 425 with glossy patina £60-£80
Hammer Price: £120
Tokens, SOMERSET, Bath, William Glover, Halfpenny, 9.16g/6h (DH 28); William Gye, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.94g/6h (DH 33), mule Halfpenny by Lutwyche, 8.51g/6h (DH 36c); Francis Heath, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.79g/6h, 9.71g/6h (both DH 40), Farthings (4), 1794 (3), 4.74g/6h, 4.74g/6h, 4.66g/6h (all DH 115), 1795, 3.61g/6h (DH 116) [9]. About extremely fine and better £100-£150
Hammer Price: £190
Tokens, SOMERSET, Bath, John Jelly, Lutwyche’s Pennies, 1794 (2), 21.25g/6h, 21.04g/6h (both DH 5); Mary Lambe & Son, Lutwyche’s Pennies 1794 (2), 21.14g/6h, 20.76g/6h (both DH 8); Payne & Turner, Halfpenny, 10.95g/6h (DH 65); Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpenny, Cross Bath Pump Room, 13.34g/12h (DH 72) [6]. DH 72 virtually as struck, others about extremely fine and better £150-£200
Hammer Price: £180
Tokens, SOMERSET, Bridgwater, James Holloway & Son, Halfpenny, 1794, frontal elevation of a building, rev. arms, edge on demand we promise to pay, 10.86g/6h (DH 86). Virtually as struck, obverse with full original colour £70-£90
Hammer Price: £75
Tokens, STAFFORDSHIRE, Leek, Phillips & Ford, Kempson's Halfpenny, 1793, 11.21g/6h (DH 13a); Lichfield, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1796, 9.16g/12h (DH 18); Stafford, William Horton & Co, Halfpenny, 1797, 10.30g/6h (DH 21) [3]. About extremely fine and better, but DH 18 with flan crack £60-£80
Hammer Price: £100
Tokens, SUFFOLK, Beccles, issuer uncertain, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.75g/6h (DH 16); Blything, Sir John Rous, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 11.37g/12h, 11.06g/12h (both DH 19) [3]. Extremely fine, last with almost full original colour £70-£90
Tokens, SUFFOLK, Blything, Sir John Rous, Halfpenny, 1794, mounted yeoman, sword point to o in suffolk, rev. castle in crowned Garter, edge god save the king and constitution, 11.16g/6h (DH 18). Usual light die flaw behind horseman and a couple of edge nicks, otherwise good fine, very rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £85
Tokens, SUFFOLK, Blything, Sir John Rous, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, mounted yeoman, sword point to l in suffolk, rev. from the same die as previous, edge god save the king and constitution, 14.33g/12h (DH 19). Edge nicks, otherwise fine and toned, very rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £70
Tokens, SUFFOLK, Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Pennies (2), 1794, 21.21g/6h (DH 1), 1796, 21.40g/6h (DH 3); Bury St Edmunds, Michael Apsey, Halfpenny, 10.54g/6h (DH 28c), Philip Deck, Penny, 1794, 19.63g/6h (DH 4), Halfpence (3), 10.94g/11h, 10.30g/5h, 10.11g/10h (all DH 26), James Goer, Halfpence (2), 10.48g/6h, 10.24g/6h (both DH 27) [9]. DH 1 and 3 very fine, others extremely fine, some with original colour £180-£220
Tokens, SUFFOLK, Haverhill, John Fincham, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.75g/6h (DH 31), mule Halfpenny, 10.64g/12h (DH 32b); Hoxne and Hartsmere, Thomas Tallant, Penny, 1795, 21.00g/6h (DH 6a); Ipswich, Robert Mannings, Halfpenny, 10.07g/6h (DH 34); Woodbridge, Robert Loder, Pennies, 1796 (2), 19.84g/6h, 19.70g/6h (both DH 15) [6]. Extremely fine and better, all except the last with original colour £120-£150
Tokens, SUFFOLK, Ipswich, James Conder, Halfpenny, market cross, rev. legend in six lines, edge grained, 10.53g/6h (DH 35). Brilliant and virtually as struck, full original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £280
Tokens, SUFFOLK, Sudbury, Goldsmith & Sons, Halfpence, 1793 (3), town arms, revs. legend in 3 lines, 10.06g/6h, 9.99g/6h (both DH 38), 10.54g/6h (DH 40) [3]. About extremely fine and better, last with original colour £80-£100
Hammer Price: £200
Tokens, SURREY, Bermondsey, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpenny, St Mary Magdalen’s, 13.13g/12h (DH Middlesex 665); Croydon, Daniel Garraway, Halfpenny, 1797, 6.97g/11h (DH 7); Lambeth, Denton’s mule Farthing, 3.89g/6h (DH 20); Rotherhithe, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpenny, St Mary’s, 11.58g/1h (DH Middlesex 668); Southwark, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpenny, St Olive’s, 11.47g/12h (DH Middlesex 672) [5]. Last two extremely fine with almost full original colour, others very fine £80-£100
Tokens, SURREY, Lambeth, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Lambeth Palace, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.01g/12h (DH Middlesex 139). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour £100-£150
Tokens, SURREY, Lambeth, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 2, Lambeth Palace, rev. City arms with coronet above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.42g/2h (DH Middlesex 86). Weak in centre and some scuffing in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
Tokens, SURREY, Lambeth, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 2, Lambeth Palace, from the same dies as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.18g/2h (DH Middlesex 86). Extremely fine, reflective surfaces £100-£150
Tokens, SURREY, Wandsworth, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, view of Lord Stormont’s house, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.63g/1h (DH Middlesex 164). Extremely fine with considerable original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £130
Tokens, SURREY, West Clandon, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Clandon Place, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.45g/1h (DH Middlesex 165). Usual die flaw on reverse, extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Tokens, SUSSEX, Brighton, Benjamin Deverell [of Fleet Market, London], Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 10.92g/12h (DH 6), Lutwyche’s Brighton Camp Halfpenny, 1794, 9.63g/6h (DH 2); Chichester, Dally & Son, Halfpence, 1794 (3), 9.96g/6h, 9.92g/6h (both DH 15), 7.98g/6h (DH 16); Northiam, John Foller, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.71g/6h (DH 34), Elias Gilbert, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.72g/6h (DH 35) [7]. DH 6 and 16 very fine, latter with considerable die flaws and cuds, others about extremely fine and better £120-£150...
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, family arms, crest of an armed warrior above, shield with hatching, rev. figure of Justice in sunken oval divides date in Roman numerals, reads facta æquato examine librat, edge plain, 14.55g/12h (DH 68). Virtually as struck, very rare £150-£200
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, James Bisset, Halfpenny, with pictures, 10.12g/6h (DH 120); Birmingham Mining & Copper Co, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.87g/6h (DH 83); William Hallan, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, legend in 8 lines, rev. bust of David Garrick, 10.94g/6h (DH 139a); Henry Hickman, Farthing, 1792, 5.47g/6h (DH 481a); Peter Kempson, Pennies, 1796 (2), 22.45g/12h, 22.33g/12h (both DH 6); Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1793, 10.46g/6h (DH 50), mule Halfpenny, rev. mounted dragoon, one cent edge, 10.11...
Hammer Price: £320
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Peter Kempson, Pennies, 1796 (2), 22.09g/12h (DH 6), 26.33g/12h (DH 20) [2]. Extremely fine and better, first with original colour and reflective fields £90-£120
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Alston’s Halfpence, 1796 (2), Workhouse, revs. bee-hive and bees, 9.07g/12h, 8.27g/12h (both DH 63a) [2]. Extremely fine and better, one with almost full original colour £80-£100
Hammer Price: £160
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Gimblett’s Two Shillings and Sixpence, 1788 (2), in brass, 19.37g/12h (DH 1), in plated brass, counterstamped w both sides, 19.16g/12h (DH 1a), ‘Two Shillings’, 1788, counterstamped w both sides, 19.07g/12h (DH 2a) [3]. Last very fine and very rare, others about very fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £240
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (9), Blue School, 11.48g/6h (DH 194); Blue Coat Charity School, 11.90g/6h (DH 197a); Free School, 10.16g/6h (DH 200); General Hospital, 11.67g/6h (DH 180); Hotel, 11.16g/6h (DH 208); Library, 12.27g/6h (DH 184a); Navigation Office, 12.34g/12h (DH 210); New Brassworks, 14.15g/12h (DH 203); Theatre, 11.02g/6h (DH 215) [9]. Generally extremely fine, some better and with original colour £200-£260
Hammer Price: £420
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (8), Blue School, 11.75g/6h (DH 194); Blue Coat Charity School, 11.67g/6h (DH 197a); General Hospital, 11.85g/12h (DH 181); New Brassworks, 13.84g/12h (DH 203); Theatre, 14.20g/12h (DH 216); bust of George III (3), 12.78g/6h, 12.69g/6h, 8.41g/6h (all DH 218); together with a uniface striking of the obv. only of DH 218, 8.61g [9]. About extremely fine and better £150-£200
Hammer Price: £260
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Kempson’s Churches and Chapels, Halfpence (7), Meeting Paradise Street, 11.94g/12h (DH 167); New Jerusalem Temple, 11.71g/6h (DH 169); Old Meeting Rebuilt, 13.35g/12h (DH 162); St John’s Chapel, 12.90g/12h (DH 153); St Martin’s Church, 11.11g/12h (DH 154); St Mary’s Chapel, 10.27g/12h (DH 156); St Philip’s Church, 12.71g/6h (DH 175) [7]. Generally extremely fine, some with original colour £150-£200
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Kempson’s Churches and Chapels, Halfpence (7), Meeting Paradise Street, 11.66g/12h (DH 167); New Jerusalem Temple, 11.85g/6h (DH 169); St Martin’s Church (2), 13.70g/12h, 12.21g/12h (both DH 154); St Philip’s Church (3), 12.83g/6h, 12.72g/6h, 11.09g/6h (all DH 175) [7]. About extremely fine and better, some with original colour £120-£150
Hammer Price: £300
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (5), Bablake Hospital, 12.99g/6h (DH 282a), Barracks, 13.93g/6h (DH 284), County Hall, 13.86g/6h (DH 288a), Ford’s Hospital, 13.31g/6h (DH 293a), Free School, 12.97g/6h (DH 297a); Kempson’s Gates, Halfpence (3), Cook Street, 13.48g/6h (DH 269), Grey Friars, 13.63g/6h (DH 272), Spon, 14.53g/6h (DH 277) [8]. Extremely fine, all bronzed £200-£260
Hammer Price: £550
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Kempson’s Penny or medal, elevation of St Michael’s Church, rev. interior of the Chancel, edge plain, 26.43g/6h (DH 38a). Usual light die flaw on upper left side of obverse, some light grazes in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, rare £200-£300
Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Meriden, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1796, archer with bow, rev. Prince’s plumes above implements of archery, edge plain, 11.26g/6h (DH 315). Usual die flaw on reverse, two trifling metal faults in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare £150-£200
Tokens, WILTSHIRE, Holt, David Arnot, Halfpenny, 10.17g/6h (DH 3); Salisbury, John and Thomas Sharpe, Halfpenny, 1796, 8.13g/6h (DH 21), Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1791, 11.67g/6h (DH 12) [3]. DH 12 brilliant and virtually as struck, others extremely fine, DH 21 with much original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £140
Tokens, WORCESTERSHIRE, Dudley, Edward Davies, Skidmore’s Penny, view of the ruined tower of Dudley Castle, rev. ed cypher between sprigs of laurel, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 22.87g/1h (DH 5). Brilliant and virtually as struck, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £340
Tokens, WORCESTERSHIRE, Dudley, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), distant view of Dudley Castle, revs. shepherd (2), 8.79g/2h (DH 7), 9.04g/5h (DH 8b), heart and hand, 9.45g/6h (DH 14); Kidderminster, T. Santer, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1791, 12.08g/6h (DH 23) [4]. Very fine and better, but DH 14 has been lacquered £100-£150
Tokens, WORCESTERSHIRE, Evesham, Thomas Thompson, Skidmore’s Penny, 1796, frontal elevation of Abbot’s Tower, rev. tt cypher in wreath, june 6 and date below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.28g/12h (DH 6). Rubbing to high points of reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and bronzed, rare £100-£150
Tokens, WORCESTERSHIRE, Hagley, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, man angling on river-bank, fishing-box under trees at left, rev. shepherd, date partly obliterated, edge plain, 12.88g/5h (DH 22). Spot by shepherd’s crook, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £440
Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Bowes, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, remains of Bowes Castle, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.17g/12h (DH Middlesex 143). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour but has been lacquered £120-£150
Hammer Price: £170
Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Guisborough, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, remains of Guisborough Abbey, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.96g/12h (DH Middlesex 144). Usual die faults on obverse, about extremely fine, patinated £100-£150
Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Leeds, Henry Brownbill, Halfpenny, 12.06g/6h (DH 41), Richard Paley, Halfpence, 1791 (2), 12.44g/6h (DH 47), 12.55g/6h (DH 51); Sheffield, John Hands, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.52g/12h (DH 60); York, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.53g/6h (DH 63) [5]. Extremely fine, DH 51 with much original colour £100-£150
Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, an Halfpenny-sized blank, planed flat, one side countermarked * sheffield * around 50 b, 8.35g. Fine, presumably very rare; worthy of further research £30-£40
Hammer Price: £60
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