SCOTTISH TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEIL BEATON Lothian (Midlothian)
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Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, Halfpenny, 1791, 13.01g/6h (DH 2a, bronzed); imitation Halfpence, 1791 (10), no signature (4), CAMBRIDGE edge, 9.85g/6h (DH 3a), LONDON edge, 7.23g/62h (DH 3b), BRISTOL edge, 9.88g/6h (DH 3c), edge plain, not rounded, 9.40g/12h (DH 3i); with FA signature (3), LANCASTER edge, 10.14g/6h (DH 4), LEEK edge, 9.56g/6h (DH 4d), edge plain, 11.96g/6h (DH 4f); with ornament under date (3), LANCASTER edge, 11.13g/6h (DH 5), PORTSMOUTH edge, 9.19g/6h (DH 5a), CLACKE edge, 9.63g/8h (DH 5d) [11]. DH 2a, 3b, 3c and 4f extremely fine, last three with a little original colour, DH 3a, 4 and 4d very fine, DH 5a and 5d fair but both very rare, others fine
£150-200
Provenance: DH 2a bt R. Gladdle April 2006; DH 3a and *3c bt R. Pratt December 1997; DH 3b bt J.L. Holman April 2000; DH 3i bt J.L. Holman June 2004; DH 4 bt J.L. Holman November 2000; DH 4d with Spink 1975, bt Spink June 2001; DH 4f bt W. Seese December 1997; DH 5 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 175 (part) [from W. Henderson March 1965], bt R. Gladdle June 2003; DH 5a bt November 2011; DH 5d bt J. Whitmore August 1998
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Edinburgh, Anderson, Leslie & Co, Halfpence, 1797 (2), 11.33g/6h (DH 7; Bell, CC p.259, this piece), Proof, in silver, 12.67g/6h (DH 8); Joseph Archibald, Halfpence (4), undated (2), 7.40g/6h (DH 9), 7.50g/6h (DH 9a; Bell, ST p.220-1, this piece), 1796 (2), 7.87g/12h (DH 10), 9.20g/5h (DH 12) [6]. DH 8 about fine but with attempted piercing by date, DH 7 and 10 about extremely fine with original colour, others very fine
£150-200
Provenance: DH 7, 9a and 12 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 183 (part); *DH 8 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 187 (part), bt R. Gladdle June 2003; DH 9 bt J.L. Holman October 2002; DH 10 A Good Collection of 18th Century Tokens, DNW Auction 29, 9 April 1997, lot 474 (part)
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Glasgow, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (6), 10.73g/6h (DH 6), 7.46g/6h (DH 6a), 9.95g/6h (DH 8), 9.15g/6h (DH 8a), 8.23g/6h (DH 9), 9.31g/6h (DH 9a) [6]. DH 6a extremely fine, DH 8a nearly so, others generally very fine £50-70
Provenance: DH 6 bt J. Whitmore August 1998; *DH 6a bt R. Gladdle June 1998; DH 8 bt J.L. Holman July 2005; DH 8a P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1282 (part), SNC December 1999 (5814); DH 9 bt J.L. Holman November 2000; DH 9a bt J.L. Holman June 2001
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Provenance: Bt Reading CC October 1998 Hamilton, Brock & Ferguson, Farthing, legend both sides,
2.43g/6h (DH 53). Fine, very rare £40-50 251 247
Lanark, J. Lawrie & Co, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.54g/11h (DH 54). Tooled in reverse field, otherwise fine, extremely rare
£60-80 Provenance: Bt D. Stuart June 2009 248
Rutherglen, William Miller, Farthing, 2.72g/12h (DH 52); issuer uncertain, Farthing, 2.46g/1h (DH 51) [2]. First very fine but reverse partly stained, second fair, both very rare £50-70
Provenance: DH 51 bt L. Whitehouse December 2010; DH 52 bt R. Gladdle December 1997
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Edinburgh, Alexander Cornwell, Farthings, 1796 (2), 3.82g/12h (DH 69), 3.72g/12h (DH 70; Bell, ST p.212, this piece); George Cotton, Farthing, 3.06g/6h (DH 74); Dickson & McDougal, Farthing, 3.04g/6h (DH 76); F. Doig, Farthings (2), 3.67g/6h, 2.69g/5h (both DH 77); Alexander Galloway, Farthing, 2.68g/6h (DH 80); George Hair, Farthing, 3.82g/12h (DH 83) [8]. Second DH 77 extremely fine but with flan clip, DH 70 and 74 very fine, others generally fine but DH 76 badly scratched, mostly rare
£100-150
Provenance: DH 69 and 77 at 3.67g bt R. Gladdle February 1997; DH 70 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 184 (part), bt R. Gladdle February 1997; DH 74 bt R. Gladdle June 2000; DH 76 bt J.L. Holman May 1998; *DH 77 at 2.69g DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 460 (part); DH 80 bt R. Gladdle February 1998; DH 83 bt R. Gladdle June 1999.
The Dickson & McDougal farthing was issued 1813-14, but is retained in sequence here for convenience
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Edinburgh, E. Campbell, Halfpence (6), 1795, 10.70g/6h (DH 13b; Bell, CC p.261, this piece), 1796 (5), 7.36g/12h (DH 14a; Bell, CC p.261, this piece), 7.86g/5h (DH 15), 9.08g/9h (DH 15a, edge with traces of filing), 8.35g/12h (DH 16), 9.40g/12h (DH 17); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, 13.30g/6h (DH 18) [7]. DH 13a and 18 extremely fine with original colour, DH 16 fair but very rare, others fine to very fine
£140-180
Provenance: DH 13b, 14a and *18 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 183 (part); DH 15 bt Reading CC June 1999; DH 15a with Spink 1975, SNC June 2001 (0536); DH 16 bt J. Whitmore April 2010; DH 17 bt J.L. Holman November 1998
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