BRITISH TOKENS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES 774
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, King William College, brass Pennies (2), both 26mm (Mackay 159); Onchan, Internment Camp, copper Penny and brass Halfpenny, 21 and 18mm (Mackay 137-8); Manx Electric Railway Co Ltd, uniface brass, c. 1902, legend, stamped 168, 36mm, 10.50g (Mackay 168e); Isle of Man Races, brass cliché, c. 1870, 38mm, 5.52g (Mackay 168k); together with other miscellaneous tokens, etc (3, one in silver) [9]. Generally very fine, some better
£200-260 Provenance: Fifth DNW Auction 132, 15-18 September 2015, lot 410 (part)
775
JERSEY, St Helier, Maison de Paris, J. Beghin, decagonal brass, 18 KING STREET, etc, rev. GENEVA WATCHES FRENCH CLOCKS, etc, 23mm (McCammon C82i; Ford 335; cf. DNW 134, 457). About extremely fine, rare
£200-300
776 777
JERSEY, St Helier, Maison de Paris, J. Beghin, decagonal white metal, from the same dies as previous, 23mm (McCammon C82ii; Ford 335; cf. DNW 140, 1015). Good very fine, very rare in this metal
£150-200
Ancient Order of Foresters, checks (7), viz. Courts 1371 (Robin Hood), 1498 (R.H.R.), 3562 (Smethwick and West Bromwich), 5250 (Birmingham), 5374 (Woodside), Ivy Green, Woodmans Shelter, Darlaston; together with Devon & Cornwall District of the Ancient Order of Foresters, a white metal Centenary medal [8]. Last fine, others generally about very fine
£30-40 778
Bank of England, Three Shillings, 1811, type 1, an excellent contemporary plated base metal forgery, probably by William Booth, 13.79g/12h. Obverse much as made, reverse with portions of the base core exposed
£30-40
William Booth (1776-1812), the notorious forger of coins and banknotes, was hanged for his trade at Stafford on 15 August 1812. His farmhouse was raided on 16 March 1812 and equipment for counterfeiting, including the type 1 bank tokens, seized. Sold with a related page from the Birmingham Weekly Post, 12 November 1932
779
Communion tokens (44), from Alford, Alnwick, Collessie, Errol, Largs, Haddington, Liberton, Port William, Cairnryan, Brechin, etc [44]. Many fine, some better; in envelopes described
£100-150 780 Eighteenth century tokens (54), various, Bedfordshire to Lincolnshire [54]. Varied state 781 Eighteenth century tokens (83), various, Norfolk to Ireland [83]. Varied state 782 £200-260 £200-300
Eighteenth century tokens (99); 19th century and other series of coins, tokens, etc (29, three in silver) [128]. Varied state
£240-300
783
Engraved coins: a Farthing-sized blank, one side engraved with a sinking three-masted ship to right, ROYAL GEORGE below, 23mm, 5.72g (Comfort –). Very fine, good workmanship
£50-70
The Royal George, a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line and flagship of Admiral Richard Kempenfeld, was anchored off Spithead on the morning of 29 August 1782, preparatory to sailing to Gibraltar. To facilitate work on the hull the ship was keeled over to the port side by moving guns and casks, but those working on the vessel could not contain the ship’s centre of gravity. The ship’s carpenter repeatedly warned the officer of the watch of the situation, who refused to do anything; frustrated, the carpenter told the captain, by which time the ship had started to fill with water. Within minutes, the ship, with some 1,200 sailors and civilians on board, quickly sank in 65 feet of water; about 900 people lost their lives, including many ‘ladies from the Point’ [i.e. Portsmouth] who, though seeking neither husbands or fathers…visit our newly arrived ships of war”. The bodies of many of the victims were washed up at Ryde, I.o.W. and were buried in a mass grave under what is now Ryde Esplanade
784
School Merit awards and early model money (23), all but one in brass, including One Integer and One Decem (2) (Rogers 290-1); I. Fellows, Wolverhampton, Ten (2, copper and brass), Five (4, including one not listed by Rogers), Three (3) and One (Rogers 300-313b); T. Hill, Mille, 1810 (Rogers 320); Bruce Castle, Fifty, Five (3); Hazelwood, 100 and Five; others (3) [23]. Generally fine to very fine, some rare
£50-70 All lots are illustrated on our website
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