TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part III)
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Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, from the same dies as previous, edge ON DEMAND I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 27.16g/6h (DH 28a, recorded from this piece). Described by Dalton & Hamer as an ‘artist’s proof’; test cuts on edge, extremely fine with some original colour, of the highest rarity; possibly only one other specimen known
£600-800
Provenance: T. Welch Collection, Thomas King Auction, 17-19 September 1801, lot 211 (part); 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 6
315
Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1800, bust left with four buttons on coat, THE WORK OF JOHN GREGORY HANCOCK AGED 9 YEARS around, FROM A MODEL BY I.G. HANCOCK SEN. below, rev. TO ENCOURAGE A RARE INSTANCE OF GENIUS THIS COIN WAS STRUCK FOR T. WELCH BIRMINGHAM and date, edge PENNY TOKEN PAYABLE ON DEMAND, 37.43g/6h (DH 24). About extremely fine and very rare
£200-300
Provenance: W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 216; F. Willis Collection, Glendining Auction, 13 May 1981, lot 235 [from Seaby 1948]; bt S.E. Schwer.
36 struck
313
Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 25.28g/6h (DH 28b). Extremely fine and bronzed, obverse with brilliant fields, very rare
£250-350
Provenance: J.A. Bobbe Collection [from Baldwin February 1983]; M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 267 [from J.A.B.].
24 struck
316
Birmingham, Workhouse, Alston’s Halfpenny, 1796, 9.09g/12h (DH 63); Gimblett’s Two Shillings and Sixpence, 1788 (5), in copper (2), 19.35g/12h, 19.03g/12h, in brass, 19.25g/12h, in plated brass, 19.02g/12h (all DH 1), in plated brass, counterstamped W both sides, 19.00g/12h (DH 1a) [6]. About very fine and better, particularly the first three £120-150
Provenance: DH 1 at 19.03g bt S.E. Schwer April 1982; DH 1 in brass bt S.E. Schwer December 1981; DH 63 bt J. Whitmore November 1997; others T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 78 (part) [*DH 1 at 19.35g from Baldwin 1966]
314
Birmingham, Thomas Welch, a uniface trial of the unfinished obv. die for the Penny [1800] by J.G. Hancock Sr, bust left, no buttons on coat, back stamped with a double floral circle impressed GILT, edge ON DEMAND I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 26.68g/9h (DH 22). Spot behind bust, otherwise extremely fine and as made, of the highest rarity; said to be 5 known
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: SNC June 1912 (101585); W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 273; A.W. Jan Collection; bt Baldwin June 1987
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Birmingham, Workhouse, Gimblett’s ‘Two Shillings’, 1788, plated, counterstamped W both sides, 18.93g/12h (DH 2a); One Shilling and Sixpence, 8.05g/12h (DH 3) [2]. First with edge nick on obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare, second about extremely fine
£90-120
Provenance: *DH 2a F. Willis Collection, Glendining Auction, 13 May 1981, lot 226 (part) [from Seaby 1948], bt S.E. Schwer; DH 3 T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 78 (part)
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