19TH CENTURY TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE FRANCIS COKAYNE (PART I) 3301


SHROPSHIRE, Dawley, Gilbert Gilpin, Halfpenny, 1811, legend around SELLS CHAINS FOR PITS CRANES &C, etc, rev. boar running right, edge neatly grained, 8.69g/6h (W 718, this piece illustrated). Virtually as struck with full original colour, of the highest rarity; superior to the British Museum specimen


£600-800 Provenance: T. Lloyd Collection, Sotheby Auction, 10-14 May 1878, lot 278 (part); bt Spink October 1905 3302


SOMERSET, Bath, Samuel Whitchurch and William Dore, Pennies, 1811 (2), 18.83g/6h (W 15a), 25.21g/6h (W 15b) [2]. First extremely fine but with light obverse scratch at 9 o’clock, second very fine and extremely rare


£100-150


Provenance: *W 15a F.G. Lawrence Collection, Sotheby Auction, 2-4 May 1900, lot 375 (part); W 15b bt Baldwin July 1916


3303


SOMERSET, Bath, Samuel Whitchurch and William Dore, Pennies, 1811 (2), 17.58g/12h (W 19), 17.45g/12h (W 25) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine, obverse with original colour


£100-150


Provenance: W 19 bt W.C. Weight September 1906; *W 25 bt Baldwin October 1903


3304


SOMERSET, Bath, Samuel Whitchurch and William Dore, Proof Penny, 1811, ram suspended from ribbon, rev. legend in seven lines, edge centre- grained, 18.47g/12h (W – [dies of W 22]). Minor surface marks and a trifle impaired, otherwise extremely fine with glossy surfaces and sharp rims, extremely rare


£200-260


Provenance: E. Shorthouse Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3 -4 August 1916, lot 207 (part); bt Baldwin August 1916


3305


SOMERSET, Wiveliscombe, John Featherstone, Threepence, 1814, legend, rev. female seated left, edge centre-grained, 58.22g/12h (W 1225). Trifling surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine and patinated, rare


£300-400


Provenance: W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27 -8 June 1905, lot 210 (part)


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