TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part III)
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Birmingham, William Lutwyche, Halfpenny, 14.24g/6h (DH 219), Farthing, 4.55g/6h (DH 482); Union Mill, copper check, 1796, no. 906, 15.67g/4h (DH 37); Thomas Welch, Penny, 1795, 26.56g/12h (DH 21); Thomas Wyon, Penny, 22.13g/12h (DH 25) [5]. First about extremely fine, third fine, others extremely fine, second with almost full original colour, last two bronzed
£100-150
Provenance: DH 21 F. Willis Collection, Glendining Auction, 13 May 1981, lot 229 (part), bt S.E. Schwer; DH 25 bt S.E. Schwer September 1980; DH 37 SNC December 1972 (11992), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 951, A. Davisson FPL Fall 2001 (424); DH 219 bt S.E. Schwer January 1982; *DH 482 bt S.E. Schwer 1981.
72 struck of DH 21
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Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, from the same dies as previous, edge ARMED TO PRESERVE OUR LIVES PROPERTY AND CONSTITUTION AGAINST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENEMIES, 27.16g/6h (DH 27a). Brilliant and virtually as struck with most attractive reflective surfaces, very rare £250-350
Provenance: M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 266 [from J.A. Bobbe May 1981].
24 struck
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Birmingham, Charles Pye, Halfpenny, 1797, CP cypher, rev. Moneta seated right holding cornucopia of coins, bee- hive and bees at right, edge plain, 17.48g/12h (DH 223). Extremely fine with diffused original colour, rare
£150-200
Provenance: F. Willis Collection, Glendining Auction, 13 May 1981, lot 237; bt S.E. Schwer
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Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 25.88g/6h (DH 27b). Trifling spots and a few hairlines, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, very rare
£200-300
Provenance: Bt S.E. Schwer April 1982. 24 struck
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Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, mounted yeoman riding left, WARWICKSHIRE YEOMANRY, etc, rev. PROMISSORY PENNY TOKEN ISSUED BY THOMAS WELCH SECOND TROOP 1799, edge ARMED TO PROTECT OUR LIVES PROPERTY AND CONSTITUTION AGAINST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENEMIES, 27.02g/6h (DH 27). Partial double-impression of horseman, virtually as struck with considerable original colour and brilliance, of the highest rarity, said to be 3 known with this edge; the first specimen sold at public auction since 1944
£800-1,000
Provenance: A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part I, Mark Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (154).
The only other examples noted by the cataloguer in commerce were in the Davis, Norman, Lincoln and Waite-Sanderson collections (which inevitably represent some duplication in ownership; Lincoln/Waite-Sanderson is documented as the same coin which in all probability could be the present piece). Not represented in Hamer, Longman or any of the other recently- dispersed major collections
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Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. fasces and branch above PROMISSORY PENNY TOKEN ISSUED BY THOMAS WELCH SECOND TROOP 1799, edge ARMED TO PRESERVE OUR LIVES PROPERTY AND CONSTITUTION AGAINST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENEMIES, 27.29g/6h (DH 28). Extremely fine with original colour, of the highest rarity £600-800
Provenance: F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 131; W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 220; Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 377.
4 struck
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