BRITISH TOKENS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES Suffolk
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Bungay, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, remains of Bungay Tower, rev. globe, edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 24.23g/12h (DH Middlesex 136). Extremely fine with original colour
£100-150 Angus
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Ayr, William Fullarton, Restrike Pattern Sixpence, 1799, in gold, by W.J. Taylor from dies by and after J. Milton, bust of the Prince of Wales left, no stop before date, flaw on bust below ear, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 6.89g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.157-8; Stainton 31C; ST 298; DH 5 bis III). Tiny heart-shaped test mark to left of what remains of the artist’s signature, minor flan flecking and hairlines, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck on a thick flan, of the highest rarity and with an unbroken provenance from new
£3,000-4,000 409
Dundee, James Wright Jr, Farthing, 1796, 4.61g/6h (DH 40); LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 7.28g/6h (DH 7a); LOTHIAN, Edinburgh, E. Campbell, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.64g/9h (DH 15a), Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Farthing, 1792, 5.51g/6h (DH 66a); Leith, John White, Halfpenny, 1796, 8.24g/6h (DH 58); PERTHSHIRE, Perth, John Ferrier, Kempson’s Farthing, 1798, 3.77g/6h (DH 11); together with unofficial Farthings (2), ABERDEENSHIRE, Aberdeen, William Gray, 1838 (BWS 6980), North of Scotland Equitable Loan Co (BWS 6990) [8]. First extremely fine, others very fine and better, some with a hint of original colour, but DH 58 lacquered
£90-120 First only illustrated Ayrshire
Provenance: E. Shorthouse Collection; W.N. Clarkson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 16-20 April 1901, lot 505; S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 705; F.S. Cokayne Collection, Glendining Auction, 17-18 July 1946, lot 388; K. Showering Collection, Glendining Auction, 12 May 1976, lot 67; H. Selig Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1443; S.A. Bole Collection.
Edmund Shorthouse (c. 1837-1916), the Birmingham collector who was a conduit for the works of W.J. Taylor and Joseph Moore, is given as the provenance for this coin in the Hamer sale catalogue; maybe the dealer James Verity, who secured the coin for Hamer at the Clarkson sale in 1901, was able to ascertain that it was Shorthouse from whom Clarkson, a collector from Whitby, Yorkshire, obtained it, presumably privately. As far as can be ascertained it was not included in any of the four Shorthouse dispersals at auction pre-1891. At least one other specimen in gold from these dies has changed hands recently (Baldwin Auction 52, 25 September 2007, lot 552, 3.91g, die-axis not stated, £4,200); whether this is the coin once owned by J.G. Murdoch (Sotheby May 1903, lot 373: Dykes, BNJ 2002, p.156, footnote 31) cannot now be proved
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Ayr, William Fullarton, Pattern Sixpence, 1799, in silver, an early restrike by M. Young from dies by J. Milton, bust of the Prince of Wales left, stop before date, no flaw on bust below ear, rev. cruciform shields displayed incorrectly, edge plain, 2.47g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.155-8 and cf. fig. 9; Stainton 31C; ST 298; DH 5 bis III). Spot on obverse rim and on topmost reverse crown, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, attractively toned, very rare as a Young issue
£300-400 Provenance: S.A. Bole Collection [from Baldwin]
The characteristic flaws in the upper part of the reverse die are evident on both this and the next lot (6h and 12h), so it remains unclear which might have been struck first
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Ayr, William Fullarton, Restrike Pattern Sixpence, 1799, in silver, by W.J. Taylor from dies by and after J. Milton, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 3.36g/6h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.157-8; Stainton 31C; ST 298; DH 5 bis III). Small spot in front of eye, otherwise brilliant mint state, attractive olive tone
£200-250 Provenance: S.A. Bole Collection.
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Ayr, William Fullarton, Pattern Sixpence, 1799, in white metal, an early restrike by M. Young from dies by J. Milton, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 3.22g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.155-8 and cf. fig. 9; Stainton 31C; ST 298; DH 5 bis III). Brilliant and virtually as struck, attractively toned, very rare as a Young issue £200-250
Provenance: S.A. Bole Collection [from Baldwin] Additional illustrations may be found on our website
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Ayr, William Fullarton, Restrike Pattern Sixpence, 1799, in silver, by W.J. Taylor from dies by and after J. Milton, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 4.10g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.157-8; Stainton 31C; ST 298; DH 5 bis III). Brilliant FDC, dark olive tone
£250-300 Provenance: S.A. Bole Collection [acquired 1994]
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