18th Century Tokens from the Collection of the late David McDonald


x 606


LONDON, Haymarket, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, King’s Theatre Haymarket, rev. City arms within wreath, edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 23.70g/6h (DH 83). Extremely fine, much original colour


£150-£200 x 607


LONDON, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), forge, rev. anchor and cable, 10.46g/6h (DH 508); St Paul’s Covent Garden, rev. church ruins, 9.48g/6h (DH 522a) [2]. First about extremely fine and very rare, second better


£120-£150


Provenance: DH 508 T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 295 (part) [from Seaby 1965], M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 229 (part)


x 608


LONDON, Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.87g/12h (DH 275); Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpence or medalets (2), copper, 9.40g/6h (DH 274), white metal, 5.69g/12h (DH 274 bis). John Fowler, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.75g/6h (DH 306); Ludgate Hill, Henry Young, Pennies, 1794 (2), with date, 13.76g/5h (DH 39), flawed obv. die, no date, 16.33g/5h (DH 39, note); Newgate Street, Henry Symonds, William Winterbotham, James Ridgway and Daniel Holt, Kempson’s Halfpence (3), 1794 (2), 9.38g/6h (DH 392), 10.55g/6h (DH 393), 1795, 10.49g/6h (DH 396) [9]. DH 274 bis very fine, others about extremely fine and better, two with original colour


£100-£150


x 609


LONDON, Lower Thames Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Fishmongers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 23.09g/6h (DH 100). Extremely fine, diffused original colour


£100-£150 x 610


LONDON, Piccadilly, London Corresponding Society, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.31g/6h (DH 286); Rupert Street, Adam Little, Halfpenny, 9.66g/6h (DH 472a); Snow Hill, Thomas Hatfield, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 8.96g/6h, 8.72g/6h (both DH 323); St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpence, 1795 (4), 10.02g/6h, 9.80g/6h, 9.45g/6h, 9.44g/6h (all DH 914); Soho, Robert Orchard, Jacobs’ Farthing, 1796, 3.70g/8h (DH 1060), Farthing, 1803, 3.65g/6h (DH 1061), Milton’s Farthing, 1804, 3.77g/6h (DH 1063) [11]. About extremely fine and better, but DH 1061 with some staining £100-£150


x 611


LONDON, Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, bust right, rev. Fame flying left, edge plain, 9.77g/6h (DH 410). Trifling spots, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated


£80-£100


Provenance: W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 168 (part) [from R. Dalton December 1910]; T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 285 (part); W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 410 (part)


x 612


LONDON, Strand, Jasper and Simon Kelly, Halfpenny, 9.45g/6h (DH 345); West Smithfield, Matthew Denton, mule Farthing, DENTON DEALER, etc, rev. deformed dwarf, 3.79g/12h (DH 1056); Uncertain locality, Kempson’s ‘London Essex and Norfolk’ Halfpence (3), 10.56g/12h. 10.27g/12h, 10.06g/12h (all DH 923) [5]. About extremely fine and better, third with almost full original colour


£70-£90 www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)


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