BRITISH TOKENS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES
672 673
LONDON, Newgate Street, Christ’s Hospital, restrike octagonal Sixpence, undated, monogram, rev. value, edge plain, 12.08g/12h (DH 2 bis, and Davisson Addenda,
p.vii). Very fine and patinated, rare
£100-150
LONDON, Strand, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, 1801, lion, rev. cockatoo, 9.45g/4h (DH 434), Farthing, 1801, monkey, rev. pelican, 3.30g/7h (DH 1073); STAFFORDSHIRE, Stafford, William Horton & Co, Penny, 1801, 19.90g/6h (DH 3); Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Geale & MacBride, Halfpenny, 6.05g/12h (W 1813; DH 309 bis), Benjamin O’Brien [House of Industry], Halfpenny, 9.25g/5h (DH 27); Co OFFALY, Charleville, Charles Bury, Thirteen Pence, 1802, upper portion of A in TUESDAY clear, edge plain, 21.44g/6h (DH 1 [illustrated as DH 2]) [6]. First two very fine, fourth about fine, others about very fine
£70-90 674 675
LONDON, Strand, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, 1795, 6.12g/4h (DH 447); together with other ‘Middlesex’ tokens, etc (40), various [41]. Varied state
£100-150
LONDON, Threadneedle Street, Kempson’s London Buildings, Penny, type 2, Bank of England, 22.07g/6h (DH 46); George III, mis-struck imitations (3, one a Halfpenny obverse brockage); together with miscellaneous tokens, checks, ISGs, coin weights, medalets, etc (approx. 145) [Lot]. First good very fine, others in varied state £100-150
676
LONDON, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, rev. anchor and cable, 10.26g/6h (DH 998); together with other London tokens, etc (41), viz. Blackfriars 308, 308d; Drury Lane 346; Newgate 393, 396b; Russell Court 478a; St James’s Street 904; Strand 362, 1067, 1067a; West Smithfield 1059; Uncertain localities 363, 911b, 928, 928b; Kempson 924; Lutwyche 929, 953a, 985 (2), 986, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 1124; Skidmore 995a; Spence 804c, 876, 1117; uncertain manufacturers 1025, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1174; medals, etc 944, 1164, 1166 [42]. Mostly very fine, some better
£150-200 677
NORFOLK, Norwich, Nathaniel Bolingbroke, Halfpenny, 1792, 11.11g/6h (DH 14); SUFFOLK, Blything, Sir John Rous, Halfpenny, 1794, 11.26g/12h (DH 19), Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Halfpenny, 1794 (2), 7.22g/6h (DH 22d); together with other tokens of Essex (1), viz. Colchester 10, Norfolk (7), viz. Norwich 15, 21, 23b, 24, 38, 43, 47a, Suffolk (7), viz. Bungay 21, 21a, 22, 23b, 23c, 24, Bury St Edmunds 26 [18]. First three about extremely fine, two with original colour, others fine to very fine
£70-90 678
SOMERSET, Bath, Francis Heath, Farthing, 1794, 4.32g/6h (DH 115); together with other tokens of Cornwall (2), viz. Penryn 4, Truro 2; Gloucestershire (2), viz. Badminton 22, Gloucester 60; Somerset (3), viz. Bath 34, 40, 112a [8]. First extremely fine with much original colour, others mostly very fine
£50-70 679
STAFFORDSHIRE, Stafford, William Horton, Penny, 1801, 20.98g/6h (DH 3); WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Kempson’s Churches, Halfpence (2), St Martin’s Church, 10.99g/12h (DH 154), St Philip’s Church, 12.52g/6h (DH 175), Coventry, Kempson’s Halfpence (3), St John’s Church, 13.92g/6h (DH 262), County Hall, 12.26g/6h (DH 288), Drapers’ Hall, 13.52g/12h (DH 291); together with other tokens of Nottinghamshire (2), viz. Arnold 4, Nottingham 6; Shropshire (6), viz. Coalbrook Dale 10, Shrewsbury 23, Willey and Snedshill 387, 389, 397, 432; Staffordshire (3), viz. Stafford 3, 5, Leek 11; Warwickshire (9), viz. Birmingham 50, 70, 71a, 77, 86, 144, 476a, Coventry 231, 235 [26]. First six very fine and better, others generally fine
£100-150 680
SURREY, Guildford, Prattent’s Halfpenny, large flan, 10.63g/6h (DH 9); SUSSEX, Brighton, Benjamin Deverell [of Fleet Market, London], Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 11.36g/6h (DH 6); together with other tokens of Kent (3), viz. Deptford 13a, Hythe 31, Tenterden 42, Sussex (3), viz. Hastings 24, 26, Winchelsea 41 [8]. First very fine, second extremely fine, others fine
£40-60
681
SUSSEX, Rye, G. Bennett, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1796, sugar loaves, chest and scales, rev. GB cypher, edge grained over SKIDMORE HOLBORN LONDON, 12.45g/7h (DH 36). Virtually as struck with attractive glossy surfaces, very rare
£300-400
Provenance: R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part III, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 764 [from J.A. Bobbe July 1992]. 36 struck
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