BRITISH TOKENS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES
665
A copper alloy screw-turn coin and/or token box, the lid decorated with a ring and dot motif, the base punched with the initials IT and date 1671 below a merchant’s mark, 38mm, 32.10g. Exterior very fine; perhaps the only known such box bearing a date and initials of the maker or owner
£100-200 Provenance: Found at Lower Stone, Berkeley, Glos.
One or two boxes of very similar style, with coins and tokens still inside but without initials or dates, have been found in the banks of the R. Thames in London, and details of one of them (PAS LON-6FA207) are included with the lot
18th Century Tokens 666
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Slough, William Till, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.70g/6h (DH 22); DEVON, Plymouth, Visit of George III, 1789, a copper medal by J. Davies, 29mm, 7.24g/6h (DH 8; BHM 319); ESSEX, Warley, Camp Halfpenny, 1794, 9.05g/6h (DH 36); HAMPSHIRE, Gosport, John Jordan, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.07g/6h (DH 42); KENT, Lamberhurst, Thomas Foster, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.93g/6h (DH 34), Tenterden, Isaac and Thankful Cloake, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.24g/12h (DH 42); LANCASHIRE, Halsall, Col. Charles Mordaunt, Penny, 16.40g/6h (DH 1), Lancaster, Daniel Eccleston, Halfpenny, 1794, 12.16g/6h (DH 57); NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Northampton, ‘George Jobson’, Morgan’s Halfpenny, 1794, 9.20g/12h (DH 1); SHROPSHIRE, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.21g/12h (DH Warwickshire 432); SUSSEX, Hastings, James Tebay, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.57g/6h (DH 24); WILTSHIRE, Salisbury, John and Thomas Sharpe, Halfpenny, 1796, 11.32g/6h (DH 21); Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1795, 8.14g/6h (DH 15a) [13]. Halsall and Dublin fine, latter struck over a 1771 regal evasion Halfpenny, others very fine
£90-120 667
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Slough, John Peckham, Halfpenny, 1795, 12.04g/12h (DH 27, copper); NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Northampton, ‘George Jobson’, Morgan’s Halfpenny, 1794, 9.29g/12h (DH 1) [2]. First with some minor spots, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, full original colour, second very fine
£80-100 668
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Badminton, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, bust of George III, rev. scales APRIL 1796, 8.84g/6h (DH 30); HAMPSHIRE, Emsworth, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, 1795, 9.32g/6h (DH 29b); SUSSEX, Chichester, Dally & Son, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.54g/6h (DH 15);WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Robert Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, 12.30g/6h (DH 235); together with other miscellaneous 18th century copper tokens (15) [19]. First four extremely fine, third with considerable original colour, others in varied state
£120-150 669
HAMPSHIRE, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Boulton’s Halfpenny, 1791, 10.77g/12h (DH 89, bronzed); together with other Hampshire tokens (32), viz. Emsworth 11 (2), 12c, 16, 17, 20, 20c, 23, 29a, 29c, 29f, 30b; Gosport 42; Newport 46; Petersfield 47, 48, 48c, 51; Portsea 72, 73; Portsmouth 55, 57a, 57b, 60a, 61; Southampton 80, 80b, 89, 90; County series 102, 102a, 107 [33]. First extremely fine, others generally about very fine and better but a few lacquered
£150-200
670 671
KENT, Folkestone, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1796, legend, rev. ships at quay-side, edge grained over SKIDMORE HOLBORN LONDON, 13.64g/6h (DH 21). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare
£120-150
LONDON, Blackfriars, Barnett Guest, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.11g/6h (DH 308b); City Road, Thomas Hall, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.95g/6h (DH 313); St Mary Axe, Antoine Haldimand, Halfpenny, 8.60g/12h (DH 366); Strand, William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, 14.33g/6h (DH 302), Gilbert Pidcock, Farthings (2), elephant, revs. cockatoo (2), 3.40g/6h (DH 1067), 3.37g/6h (DH 1067a); West Smithfield, Matthew Denton, mule Farthing, 1795, 4.08g/12h (DH 1056); Uncertain locality, John Whitfield, Halfpenny, 5.77g/6h (DH 909), uncertain issuer, Mail Coach series, Halfpenny, JF, 8.56g/12h (DH 363); Kempson’s ‘London Essex and Norfolk’ Halfpenny, 10.18g/12h (DH 923); Spence’s mule Farthing, legend, rev. pig, 3.11g/5h (DH 1117); H.B. Farthing, 1803, 2.37g/6h (DH 1174a) [12]. Generally about extremely fine and better
£120-150 Provenance: DH 909 DNW Auction T10, 5 November 2011, lot 1012 (part) All lots are illustrated on our website
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