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3 October 2019
Tokens, Miscellaneous 18th century tokens (50), various locations [50]. Very fine, some better £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,400
Hammer Price: £1,300
Hammer Price: £1,200
Tokens, Miscellaneous 18th century tokens (100), various locations [100]. Mostly fine, some better £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,000
Hammer Price: £900
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, Miscellaneous 18th century tokens (36), various locations [36]. Very fine, some better £150-£200
Hammer Price: £750
Tokens, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Slough, William Till, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, lion rampant to left, rev. view of the Red Lion inn, edge plain, 13.17g/12h (DH 24; Preston-Morley 1046, this piece; cf. DNW 134, 388). Minor hairlines and a tiny graze by lion’s left forepaw, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, attractively toned, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
Tokens, Miscellaneous 18th century tokens (43), various locations [43]. Mostly fine, some better £120-£150
Hammer Price: £600
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, 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, 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, MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1796, tower within ornamented oval, rev. buck’s head crest, edge plain, 9.73g/6h (DH 5). Striking flaw in edge and planchet flaw on stag’s neck, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, very rare; the finest specimen seen by the cataloguer in commerce £300-£500
Tokens, Not Local: Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpence (2), 9.55g/12h (DH Middlesex 1011), 9.85g/12h (DH 1012); Kempson’s Sir Isaac Newton series, Farthing, 1793, 3.35g/6h (DH 1159); Lutwyche’s Prince of Wales Halfpence (6), 8.85g/6h, 8.72g/6h (both DH 952), 8.93g/6h (DH 953), 9.15g/6h (DH 953a), 9.19g/6h (DH 954), 9.89g/6h (DH 967b), Lutwyche’s Prince of Wales Farthing, 4.19g/6h (DH 1140); Lutwyche’s Princess of Wales Halfpence, 1795 (2), 8.98g/6h, 8.83g/6h (both DH 979); Lutwyche’s Buck S...
Hammer Price: £420
Tokens, Not Local: Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpence (6), reads opression, 9.23g/6h (DH Middlesex 1037a), oppression (5), 8.46g/6h, 8.40g/6h (both DH 1038), 9.08g/9h (DH 1039a), 8.42g/9h, 8.05g/9h (both DH 1039b) [6]. DH 1039a very fine, others in varied state £70-£90
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
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
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, Not Local: Skidmore’s Revd. William Cooper Halfpence (2), 9.71g/12h, 9.13g/12h (both DH Middlesex 1007); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, rev. murd. by the factious, etc, 7.23g/12h (DH 995a); Uncertain manufacturers, Benevolent Choral Fund Halfpenny, 1791, 9.98g/6h (DH 1023), T.P.’s ‘Industry’ Halfpenny, 1801, 8.36g/6h (DH 1029), John Horne Tooke’s Halfpence, 1794 (4), 8.63g/6h, 8.07g/6h (both DH 1045a), 8.63g/6h (DH 1046), 8.22g/6h (DH 104...
Hammer Price: £360
Tokens, LONDON, City Road, Skidmore’s London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 2, Lying-in Hospital, rev. City arms with coronet, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.55g/6h (DH 85). From the usual damaged reverse die, extremely fine with attractive light patina, very rare £150-£200
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, 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
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 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, 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, LONDON, City Road, Thomas Hall, Halfpence (2), 1795, 9.41g/12h (DH 317), undated, 9.08g/6h (DH 319c); Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (4), 10.83g/6h, 10.78g/6h (both DH 467), 11.31g/6h, 11.30g/6h (both DH 468); Covent Garden, Thomas Dodd, Halfpenny, 6.92g/6h (DH 300); Coventry Street, Joshua Henderson, Halfpence, 1795 (3), 8.86g/6h, 8.34g/6h (both DH 292), 8.60g/6h (DH 293) [10]. Generally extremely fine £180-£220
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, 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
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 (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 (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, 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, 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, LONDON, Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, seated figure of Londinia, buildings behind, shield distant from legend, rev. hands supporting crowned triangle, edge plain, 14.51g/12h (DH 294c). Light surface marks in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned, very rare £150-£200
Tokens, HAMPSHIRE, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Boulton’s Proof Halfpence, 1791 (9), 11.39g/6h, 11.17g/12h, 10.86g/6h, 10.82g/6h, 10.76g/12h, 10.67g/12h, 10.46g/12h, 10.42g/12h, 10.00g/12h (all DH 89) [9]. One slightly mishandled, otherwise all brilliant and virtually as struck £400-500
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
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, 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
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