Tokens from the late David Griffiths Collection (Part VIII)


1012


WILTSHIRE, Melksham, Fred Jeffery, Halfpenny, 1972, by Toye, Kenning & Spencer, in gold, MELKSHAM PROMISSORY HALFPENNY REDEEMABLE AT within wreath, rev. F.J. JEFFERY MELKSHAM WILTS 1932-1972, ENGLAND’S LEADING PROVINCIAL COIN DEALER around, edge plain, hallmarked Birmingham 1973, 29mm, 22ct, 21.92g/12h. Brilliant mint state and of the highest rarity; only two specimens struck in gold, the other is retained with the Jeffery family


£800-£1,000 Provenance: B.M. Greenaway Collection, DNW Auction T4, 13 December 2006, lot 1195 [from R.J. Jeffery April 1998].


Frederick James Jeffery (1907-78), who styled himself as ‘England’s leading provincial coin dealer’, started dealing in coins in 1932. Popularly known as ‘Uncle Fred’ (though not to be confused with Fred Baldwin who also shared the same sobriquet), Jeffery was the first English dealer to regularly attend the American Numismatic Association’s annual convention. His open-style marketing methods and his vast stock ensured that he was well known and he was a fervent supporter of local numismatic societies, often travelling vast distances to a meeting with an estate car laden down with coins and sets to sell to members. His metallic tokens commemorate his 40th year in a business that is carried on today by his son, Richard Jonathan Jeffery; the tokens themselves were struck by Toye Kenning & Spencer in 1973, a decision prompted by the same manufacturer having struck the Wessex Numismatic Society’s Silver Jubilee medal earlier that year, Jeffery being then a prominent member of that Society


1013


WILTSHIRE, Melksham, Fred Jeffery, Halfpence, 1972 (4), by Toye, Kenning & Spencer, in silver (2), bronze (2), from the same dies as previous, edges plain, silver hallmarked Birmingham 1973, all 29mm, 16.37g/12h, 16.18g/12h, 11.99g/12h, 11.97g/12h [4]. Virtually as struck, silver rare


£80-£100


Provenance: Second and third B.M. Greenaway Collection, DNW Auction T4, 13 December 2006, lot 1196 (part) [acquired November 1987].


25 struck in silver


1014


WILTSHIRE, Melksham, Fred Jeffery, Halfpence, 1972 (4), by Toye, Kenning & Spencer, in silver and bronze (3), from the same dies as previous, edges plain, first hallmarked Birmingham 1973, all 29mm, 16.45g/12h, 12.10g/12h, 12.03g/12h, 11.71g/12h [4]. Brilliant mint state, first rare


£70-£90


Provenance: *First with surround signed by Fred Jeffery; last T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 395 (part)


1015


YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, 1899, bright aluminium, side elevation of Church of St John the Baptist, rev. ESSE QUAM VIDERI, etc, edge plain, 38mm, 6.77g/12h (W 3034; Bell, 1966, A1). Extremely fine Provenance: Bt S.E. Schwer August 1985.


£40-£60


Samuel Henry Hamer (1859-1930), engineer and lathe chuck manufacturer, Range lane, Halifax, from 1888, lived at Bank House, Halifax; noted iron founder, antiquary and token collector; co-author with Richard Dalton of the standard work on British 18th century tokens. He retained a keen interest in photography and clocks, particularly in later life. The dies for his tokens were ordered from the Birmingham medallists J.A. Restall


1016


YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, [1899], a muled lead squeeze of the obv. dies for the Church of St John the Baptist and Kirkstall Abbey, traces only of legends, St John with TIN COPPER above church, some letters retrograde, Kirkstall with retrograde S H H above abbey, edge plain, 43mm, 63.25g (W 3035; Bell, 1966, A1/A2). As made; probably the only known example


£50-£80 Provenance: S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 693 (part); bt J. Whitmore November 1999 1017


Provenance: First bt S.E. Schwer August 1985; second bt S.E. Schwer December 1980 YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, 1899 (2), bright and dull aluminium, Kirkstall Abbey, revs. ESSE QUAM VIDERI, etc,


edges plain, both 38mm, 6.91g/12h, 6.94g/12h (W 3033; Bell, 1966, A2) [2]. First virtually as struck, second extremely fine


£80-£100 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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