Cornwall
BRITISH TOKENS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES Middlesex
427 420
Penryn, George Chapman George, Halfpenny, 1794, arms, rev. laureate bust, flags and drum behind, edge plain, 10.54g/6h (DH 4). Scratch in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck, bronzed
£60-80
Provenance: J. Watt Jr Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 2, 13 -14 November 2002, lot 291 (part)
428
Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, mule Halfpenny, 9.76g/6h (DH 296); Chiswell Street, Robert Heslop, Halfpenny, 8.04g/5h (DH 336b); City Road, Thomas Hall, Halfpence, 1795 (3), 9.10g/6h (DH 313), 9.56g/6h (DH 315c), 9.37g/12h (DH 316); Covent Garden, Thomas Dodd, Halfpenny, 7.33g/6h (DH 300); Drury Lane, John Kilvington, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.03g/6h (DH 346); Finsbury Square, Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.48g/6h (DH 357); High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, St Paul’s Covent Garden, rev. church ruins, 8.75g/6h (DH 522a) [9]. Very fine and better, DH 316 lacquered, DH 346 and 357 with original colour
£70-90 421
Truro, Cornish Metal Co, Halfpenny, 1791, druid’s head left within wreath, rev. arms, edge plain, 12.94g/6h (DH 2). Spot by druid’s nose, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, bronzed
£80-100
Provenance: J. Watt Jr Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 2, 13 -14 November 2002, lot 291 (part)
Gloucestershire 422
Badminton, Kempson’s mule Halfpence (2), wheatsheaf, revs. legend, 9.64g/6h (DH 45), scales APRIL 1796, 9.73g/6h (DH 48); Gloucester, Kempson’s City Penny, 1797, Cathedral, 16.89g/6h (DH 1, bronzed); together with other miscellaneous 18th century tokens of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire (6) [9]. First three about extremely fine, others in varied state
£60-80 430 Hampshire 423
Basingstoke, John Pinkerton, Mynd’s Shilling, 1789 [7 over 8], 13.85g/6h (DH 1); Portsmouth, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.70g/6h (DH 67); together with other miscellaneous 18th century Hampshire tokens (14) [16]. First about very fine, second good fine, others in varied state
£90-120 424
Emsworth, John Stride, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.31g/6h (DH 10), mule Halfpence by Kempson (4), 1793, 9.50g/6h (DH 11), 1794 (3), 10.34g/10h (DH 12b), 9.31g/6h (DH 13), 10.37g/6h (DH 15), mule Halfpenny by Kempson for specious use, 9.19g/6h (DH 30); Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Halfpence, 1791 (2), 11.11g/6h, 10.44g/12h (both DH 89) [8]. Generally very fine and better, some with a hint of original colour, last bronzed
£90-120
Provenance: DH 11 and 13 Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1260 (part), additionally: DH 11 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 207 (part) [from J. Verity]
Kent 425
Deptford, Thomas Haycraft, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.41g/6h (DH 13a); together with other miscellaneous copper tokens, etc (32), all depicting ships [33]. First good very fine, others in varied state
£90-120 426
Hythe, Richard Shipden, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.94g/6h (DH 31); together with other miscellaneous 18th century tokens of Kent (16) [17]. First about extremely fine with a hint of original colour, others in varied state
£60-80 Additional illustrations may be found on our website 433
Tamworth, Francis Blick, Halfpenny, 1799, church and castle, rev. FB cypher, edge plain, 14.46g/6h (DH 23). Graze in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and very rare
£120-150
Provenance: Fawcett/Litman Collection; D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1682.
72 struck
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Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (2), type 1, Mansion House, 22.20g/6h (DH 43), type 2, Monument, 25.34g/6h (DH 63); Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpence (3), Aldermanbury, St Mary’s, 12.71g/12h (DH 539c), Hanover Square, St George’s, 14.45g/12h (DH 592a), Whitechapel, St Mary’s, 9.98g/12h (DH 642); Skidmore’s Gates, Halfpenny, Bridge Gate, 10.16g/1h (DH 651) [6]. About extremely fine
£70-90 431 432
Spence’s mule Farthings (2), Adam and Eve, rev. Britannia, 3.08g/6h (DH 1084); legend, rev. pig, 3.11g/11h (DH 1117) [2]. About extremely fine
£50-70
Spence’s mule Farthing, legend, rev. slave, 3.08g/6h (DH 1118); Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpenny, 8.81g/6h (DH 1037) [2]. Fine to very fine
£60-80 Staffordshire 429
Strand, Gilbert Pidcock, Farthings (2), elephant, revs. two-headed cow (2), 3.14g/6h (DH 1065), cockatoo, 3.33g/6h (DH 1067a) [2]. Extremely fine, first lacquered, second with virtually full original colour
£80-100 DH 1067a only illustrated
High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, 9.52g/6h (DH 342, bronzed); Ludgate Hill, Henry Young, Penny, 1794, with date, 14.21g/5h (DH 39); Newgate Street, Henry Symonds, William Winterbotham, James Ridgway and Daniel Holt, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1795, 9.93g/6h (DH 396b); Strand, Philip Astley, Halfpenny, 9.23g/12h (DH 362b); Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpenny, 9.58g/12h (DH 1012); Kempson’s Sir Isaac Newton series, Farthing, 1793, 4.36g/2h (DH 1151); Lutwyche’s Princess of Wales Halfpenny, 1795, 7.74g/6h (DH 979); Lutwyche’s Duke of York Halfpenny, 1795, 9.57g/6h (DH 985) [8]. DH 39 very fine, others about extremely fine and better
£90-120
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