18th Century Tokens from the Collection of the late David McDonald x 618 x 619
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Penny, type 1, Mansion House, rev. City arms, edge plain, 21.89g/6h (DH 43). Lightly lacquered, otherwise extremely fine
£40-£50
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, in brass, Bank of England, 22.41g/6h (DH 46), Carleton House, 22.77g/6h (DH 49), Chelsea Hospital, 22.09g/6h (DH 50) [3]. First about extremely fine, others good very fine but somewhat dulled, all very rare
£150-£200
Provenance: Baldwin Auction 24, 9-10 October 2000, lots 1084, 1085, 1086 (parts); D.E. Litrenta Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 1334
x 620 x 621 x 622 x 623 x 624
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, Carleton House, 22.63g/6h (DH 49), Greenwich Hospital, 22.19g/6h (DH 56), Middlesex Hospital, 21.80g/6h (DH 61) [3]. DH 56 about extremely fine, others better, first with much original colour
£100-£150
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, Monument, 25.33g/6h (DH 63), Ordnance Office, 25.21g/6h (DH 64), St Luke’s Hospital, 23.84g/6h (DH 60) [3]. Extremely fine, first from usual flawed obverse die
£120-£150
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 2, St Luke’s Hospital, 24.18g/6h (DH 60), St Paul’s Church Covent Garden, 25.04g/6h (DH 52), St Thomas’s Hospital, 23.75g/6h (DH 66), Trinity Almshouse, 22.93g/6h (DH 67) [4]. Generally extremely fine
£140-£180
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Penny, type 4, Ludgate, rev. Justice standing, edge plain, 17.88g/6h (DH 78). Extremely fine, diffused original colour
£40-£50
LONDON, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpence (8), Botolph Lane, St Botolph’s, 12.14g/11h (DH 556a); Bread Street, St Mildred’s, 11.47g/12h (DH 559); Clerkenwell, St James’s, 12.38g/12h (DH 567); College Hill, St Michael’s, 12.23g/11h (DH 572a); Cripplegate, St Giles’s, 14.40g/12h (DH 576); Dukes Place, St James’s, 13.48g/1h (DH 579); Fleet Street, St Bride’s, 13.73g/11h (DH 583); Friday Street, St Mathew’s, 11.82g/11h (DH 585) [8]. Generally extremely fine, some with original colour but DH 567 partially lacquered
£120-£150
Provenance: DH 567 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 149 (part); DH 572a bt Davissons
x 625
LONDON, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpence (7), Hanover Square, St George’s, 14.46g/12h (DH 592a); Lombard Street, Allhallows, 11.62g/10h (DH 599); Lothbury, St Margaret’s, 1797, 11.47g/12h (DH 605); Paul’s Wharf, St Bennet’s, 9.19g/12h (DH 619); Poultry, St Mildred’s, 1797, 12.30g/12h (DH 620); Queen Square, St George’s, 11.05g/6h (DH 622); Spitalfields, Church, 10.12g/11h (DH 628) [7]. Generally extremely fine
£100-£150 x 626
LONDON, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpence (7), Thames Street, Allhallows (3), 13.18g/12h, 12.64g/12h, 12.23g/12h (all DH 632); West Smithfield, St Bartholomew the Great, 11.50g/12h (DH 542), St Bartholomew the Less, 11.08g/12h (DH 544); Wood Street, St Michael’s (2), 11.81g/12h, 11.60g/12h (both DH 645) [7]. Extremely fine, several with original colour
£100-£150 x 627 x 628 x 629
LONDON, Skidmore’s Gates, Halfpence (7), Aldersgate, 12.28g/6h (DH 649); Ludgate, 11.29g/12h (DH 657); Moorgate, 11.63g/12h (DH 658); Temple Bar (3), 11.43g/10h, 11.39g/12h (both DH 661), 12.56g/6h (DH 662a); Whitehall Gate, 10.04g/12h (DH 663) [7]. First very fine, others extremely fine
£100-150
LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), bust left, revs. Britannia, 12.09g/6h (DH 678a), caduceus, 12.98g/6h (DH 679), three armed citizens, 10.26g/6h (DH 681a), heart and hand, 10.81g/6h (DH 682c) [4]. DH 678a and 682c extremely fine, others very fine
£140-£180
LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heart and hand, 10.90g/6h (DH 682c), Highlander, 11.93g/5h (DH 683), conjoined heads of man and ass, 11.01g/6h (DH 686), shepherd, 10.43g/5h (DH 690b) [4]. Very fine to extremely fine
£120-£150
Provenance: DH 683 and 690b W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lots 586, 588 (parts) [683 from Spink 1975, 690b from Baldwin 1978]
x 630
LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heart and hand, 12.56g/6h (DH 682c), Cain slaying Abel, SPENCE edge, 12.59g/6h (DH 687), shepherd, 9.29g/5h (DH 690b) [3]. About extremely fine
£90-£120
DH 687 with Seaby 1963, M.Z. Gerson Collection [from J.A. Bobbe 1981], W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 587 (part) [from M.Z.G. 1985]
x 631 x 632
LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (3), T SPENCE BOOKSELLER, etc, revs. Marine Society boy, 11.49g/5h (DH 698), Minerva standing, 12.59g/5h (DH 699), bust of John Horne Tooke, 10.18g/7h (DH 702) [3]. About extremely fine and better, but DH 698 partially lacquered
£100-£150
LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (6), legend beneath radiation (2), revs. Free-born Englishman, 12.70g/12h (DH 709), Highlander, 10.63g/6h (DH 710); sailor seizing a landsman (4), revs. NOTED ADVOCATES, etc, 9.74g/7h (DH 725), Britannia, 10.20g/7h (DH 727), Free-born Englishman, 11.40g/7h (DH 730), lion and cock, 10.77g/7h (DH 733) [6]. DH 710, 725 and 730 extremely fine, others very fine and better
£240-£300 x 633
LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), coining press, rev. boxers, 11.03g/6h (DH 740); deserted village, rev. shepherd, 10.49g/6h (DH 749); bust of Charles Fox right (2), revs. caduceus, 8.75g/6h (DH 763a), boys at turnstile, 10.42g/6h (DH 771) [4]. Very fine and better
£140-£180
Provenance: DH 740 bt S.E. Schwer; DH 749 and 763a W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lots 599, 604 (parts) [749 from Spink 1975, 763a from P. Flanagan June 1983]
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