TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part III)
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County series, Markes Lambe, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, horseman galloping left, WILTSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY around, rev. three horsemen left, one carrying flag, edge grained, 9.37g/6h (DH 1). Extremely fine with original colour, rare £90-120
Provenance: Fawcett/Litman Collection; D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1810.
Sold with related background information Worcestershire
378
Ripon, Kempson’s Penny, view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey, rev. JK cypher within wreath of flowers, edge plain, 18.51g/6h (DH 2). Minor spots in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine, rare
£100-150 Provenance: With J.A. Bobbe; bt A. Davisson 2004
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Dudley, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, distant view of Dudley Castle, rev. cat, edge SPENCE DEALER IN COINS LONDON, 13.03g/6h (DH 12). Struck off-centre and some associated weakness, otherwise extremely fine with original colour £100-150
Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection [from Seaby]; with J. Bobbe [from W.J.N. privately]; bt A. Davisson November 2004
Yorkshire
Sheffield, Constitutional Society, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1792, cap of Liberty on pole, rev. oval shield flanked by four flags, UNITE & BE FREE above, TO PRESERVE IS TO CONQUER below, edge PAYABLE AT MACCLESFIELD LIVERPOOL OR CONGLETON, 12.14g/6h (DH 61). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare £250-350
Provenance: W. Sykes Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 245; D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1844.
Sold with related background information
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Leeds, Samuel Birchall, Halfpenny, 1795, arms, rev. fleece, edge plain, 9.05g/6h (DH 28k). Light die flaw by fleece and a spot on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, very rare
£150-200
Provenance: T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 262 [from Baldwin March 1967]; bt S.E. Schwer
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York, James Carlill, Halfpence, 1796 (2), 12.06g/12h (DH 69), 11.89g/12h (DH 70) [2]. First virtually as struck and bronzed, second extremely fine
£100-150
Provenance: M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 328 (part) [*DH 69 with J.A. Bobbe April 1975].
200 struck of each
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Malton, Westwood’s Penny, 1798, bust of Edmund Burke right, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, BRITISH ORATOR, etc, edge plain, 24.18g/6h (DH 3). Minor scuffing in fields, almost extremely fine and bronzed, rare
£150-200
Provenance: D.L. Spence Collection, Part II,DNWAuction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1840
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York, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.86g/6h (DH 63); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 12.02g/6h (DH 66) [2]. First about extremely fine with a hint of original colour, second virtually as struck with almost full original colour £80-100
Provenance: M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 328 (part) [*DH 66 from J.A. Bobbe February 1981]
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