TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part III) Rutland
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Oakham, Col. Gerard Noel [Edwards], Halfpenny, COL. NOEL OF THE RUTLAND FENCIBLES, etc., rev. WHOSE EXAMPLE IN LIFE, etc, edge plain, 11.56g/6h (DH 1). Usual light die flaws, extremely fine with original colour, rare
£90-120
Provenance: Glendining Auction, 28 June 1989, lot 566; DNW Auction 69A, 16 March 2006, lot 479
Somerset
Bath, Mary Lambe & Son, Lutwyche’s Penny, 1794, 21.17g/6h (DH 8); Lacon Lander Lambe, Farthings, 1795 (2), 4.49g/6h (DH 111), 4.53g/6h (DH 112a) [3]. Second very fine, others extremely fine with original colour
£60-80
Provenance: D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lots 1156, 1212, 1214 (parts) [*DH 8 from J. Whitmore May 1976, DH 112a T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 47 (part)]
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Bath, William Glover, Halfpence (6), 9.77g/6h, 9.74g/6h, 9.67g/6h (all DH 28, small flan), 9.51g/6h (DH 28a), 9.56g/6h (DH 28b), 9.76g/6h (DH 28c); William Gye, Halfpence, 1794 (4), 9.86g/6h (DH 33), 9.64g/6h (DH 33a), 9.70g/6h, 9.68g/6h (both DH 34); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (2), 9.58g/6h (DH 35), 9.96g/6h (DH 35a); Francis Heath, Halfpence (2), 1794, 10.06g/6h (DH 39), 1795, 9.88g/6h (DH 40), Farthing, 1795, 4.37g/6h (DH 116) [15]. First DH 34 practically as struck with full original colour, one DH 28, 28b, 28c and 40 about extremely fine, penultimate rare, others in varied state
£100-150
Provenance: DH 39 Davissons Mailbid Sale 21, 10 June 2004 (228); DH 40 bt W. McKivor April 2004; others except DH 116 D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lots 1164, 1167 (parts) [28 at 9.77g from Seaby January 1973, 9.74g from Seaby March 1986, 28a from Format January 1991, 28b from Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 460 (part), 28c from S.E. Schwer July 1989, 33 Spink June 1976, 33a from S.E. Schwer November 1983, *34 at 9.70g from Stanley Gibbons January 1980, 9.68g from Stanley Gibbons August 1980, 35 from Seaby August 1979, 35a from Stanley Gibbons October 1979]
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Bath, Mary Lambe & Son, Lutwyche’s Penny, 1794, in brass, camel, rev. frontal elevation of India House, edge ON DEMAND WE PROMISE TO PAY ONE PENNY, 21.08g/6h (DH 8, not listed in this metal; Withers p.318). Very fine and of the highest rarity; the only specimen seen by the cataloguer in commerce
£300-500
Provenance: F.W. Lincoln (No. 1) Collection; F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln March 1934]; T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 34; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 789; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 312; D.E. Litrenta Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 69A, 16 March 2006, lot 29.
This piece, which sold for the remarkable price of £1,050 in 1984 yet was unsold in the first Noble auction, remains unlisted in the latest editions of DH
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Bath, John Jelly, Lutwyche’s Pennies, 1794 (3), 21.46g/6h (DH 5, small flan), 19.82g/6h, 19.66g/6h (DH 5, large flans, latter with edge struck over AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS’D OF ALL NATIONS); Halfpence, 1794 (5), 10.66g/6h, 10.28g/6h, 9.14g/6h, 8.63g/6h (all DH 26, differing flan sizes, third unofficially gilt), 9.64g/6h (DH 28d) [8]. Large flan Pennies about extremely fine, others in varied state
£100-150
Provenance: D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lots 1155, 1162 (parts) [DH 5 at 21.46g T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 32 (part), 19.82g from Spink November 1978, *19.66g from Spink November 1988, 26 at 10.66g H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 170 (part), 8.63g from Seaby March 1986, 28d from R. Jeffery February 1982]
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Bath, Mary Lambe & Son, Lutwyche’s Penny, 1794, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 18.95g/6h (DH 8a). Extremely fine and very rare
£150-200
Provenance: F.W. Yeates Collection; F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin March 1923]; T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 32 (part); D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lot 1156 (part)
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