BRITISH TOKENS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES Shropshire
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Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, ship sailing under bridge, extended legend, rev. man working at inclined plane, edge PAYABLE AT COALBROOK-DALE AND KETLEY, 13.20g/6h (DH 7). Reverse edge knock at 2 o’clock, otherwise fine, extremely rare
£200-300 Provenance: Bt J. Whitmore November 2001.
Absent from all the major collections of tokens sold at auction since 1930; the only other specimen readily traced by the cataloguer was S.H. Hamer’s (Sale, lot 289, ex W.J. Davis)
Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Three Shillings and Sixpence, 1788, in silver, bust right, rev. barge sailing left, FINE SILVER around, edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY, 15.57g/12h (DH Warwickshire 337). Several nicks and marks in obverse field, otherwise about very fine, rare
£150-200
820 816
Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpence, 1792 (5), 13.25g/6h (DH 9), 12.53g/6h (DH 10), 12.20g/12h (DH 14), 12.99g/12h (DH 16), 13.53g/12h (DH 17); Shrewsbury, Cook & Mason, Halfpenny, 1793, 10.39g/6h (DH 22), Hancock’s mule Halfpenny, 11.51g/12h (DH 23), imitation Halfpenny, 1794, 9.38g/12h (DH 25d) [8]. DH 14 about extremely fine, DH 25d extremely fine with original colour, others in varied state
£40-50
Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Three Shillings and Sixpence, 1788, in silver, similar, edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY, 15.51g/12h (DH Warwickshire 337). Scratch in field behind head and other surface marks, otherwise good fine, toned, rare
£120-150 Provenance: S.A. Holland Collection [bt Format June 1994]
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817
Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, 13.49g/6h (DH 10); Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1788, 14.58g/12h (DH Warwickshire 336), imitation Halfpenny, 1793, 8.53g/7h (DH Warwickshire
417); WARWICKSHIRE,
Birmingham, Workhouse, Two Shillings, 1788, plated, countermarked W on rev., 19.04g/12h (DH 2a), Alston’s Halfpenny, 1796, 9.02g/12h (DH 63a), Union Mill, copper check, 1796, no. 617, 16.15g/5h (DH 37) [6]. DH 2a and 63a about extremely fine, former very rare, latter with original colour, others fine to very fine
£100-150
Provenance: *DH 2a bt S.H. Monks September 1996; DH 37 bt S. H. Monks
Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (11), 1787 (2), 14.28g/12h (DH Warwickshire 355), 14.24g/12h (DH 362), 1788, 14.26g/12h (DH 336), 1790 (3), 14.69g/12h (DH 386), 12.41g/12h (DH 428), 12.80g/12h (DH 430), 1791, 12.32g/12h (DH 432), 1792 (2), 11.20g/6h (DH 389, bronzed), 10.85g/6h (DH 449), 1793 (2), 11.26g/12h (DH 409), 10.43g/12h (DH 416); imitation Halfpence (5), 1787, 9.57g/6h (DH 374a), 1791 (2), 8.90g/6h (DH 441b), 10.50g/12h (DH 446b), 1792, 10.37g/6h (DH 339), 1793, 9.45g/6h (DH 460a); mule Halfpence (2), 6.65g/6h (DH 462), 5.97g/6h (DH 464) [18]. DH 362, 386, 389, 428 and 430 about extremely fine, some with a hint of original colour, others in varied state £120-150
DH 362 only illustrated
822 818
Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1788, 13.87g/12h (DH Warwickshire 336); WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Joseph Farror, Halfpenny, 1791, 13.55g/6h (DH 46) [2]. First very fine but with a reverse edge knock at 2 o’clock, second extremely fine with some original colour
£40-60
Provenance: Davissons Mailbid Sale 18, 21 November 2002 (665, 692)
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Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (2), 1787, 14.19g/12h (DH Warwickshire 359), 1790, 14.15g/6h (DH 387) [2]. First practically as struck with full original colour but a little mis-handled, second extremely fine and attractively toned but with pit marks on portrait and light scratches in reverse field
£120-150
Provenance: J. Watt Jr Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 2, 13 -14 November 2002, lot 285 (part).
DH 359 only illustrated
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