Essex 18th Century Tokens from the Collection of the late Peter Spurdens 110 111
Provenance: DH 3 bt Seaby March 1982; DH 4 bt Seaby June 1981 Braintree and Bocking, William Goldsmith, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 9.01g/6h (DH 3), 10.20g/6h (DH 4) [2]. First extremely
fine with original colour and rare, second good very fine and patinated but struck slightly off-centre £70-£90
Chelmsford, Clachar & Co, Halfpence, 1794 (3), 9.65g/6h (DH 5), 10.14g/12h (DH 5b), 10.38g/12h (DH 5e); Kempson’s mule Halfpence (4), revs. Hope (2), 9.68g/6h (DH 6), 9.69g/6h DH 7), dove (2), 9.79g/6h (DH 8a), 10.23g/6h (DH 8c) [7]. DH 6 extremely fine with considerable original colour, others very fine and better, DH 8c very rare
£80-£100
Provenance: DH 5 bt Seaby June 1981; DH 5b bt Seaby November 1981; DH 5e, 6 and 8a T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 57 (part); DH 7 bt Seaby 1981; DH 8c bt Seaby March 1982
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Colchester, Charles Heath, Halfpence, 1794 (3), 10.38g/6h (DH 9), 10.24g/6h (DH 9a), 8.47g/12h (DH 10) [3]. DH 9 very fine, DH 9a about fine and very rare, DH 10 brilliant and with full original colour but has been lightly lacquered £50-£70
Provenance: DH 9 bt R. Sharman December 1982; DH 9a and 10 T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 57 (part)
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Dunmow, Skidmore’s Halfpence, 1793 (3), Knyvet family arms, revs. flitch of bacon, 9.51g/12h (DH 11), 12.09g/12h (DH 11a), 12.01g/6h (DH 11b) [3]. Extremely fine, DH 11 with original colour, others with glossy patina
£240-£300
Provenance: DH 11 and 11a T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 58 (part); DH 11b Sotheby Auction, 12 November 1981, lot 214 (part), bt Seaby November 1981
114 Garden, 12.48g/6h (DH 15) [2]. Extremely fine, patinated
Provenance: DH 12 bt Seaby August 1981; DH 15 bt R. Sharman May 1985 [sold with original invoice and correspondence] Dunmow, Spence’s mule Halfpence, 1793 (2), revs. Hendon Church, 12.11g/6h (DH 12), ruins of St Paul’s Covent
£120-£150
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Dunmow, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, 1793, Knyvet family arms, rev. busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right dividing date, edge SPENCE DEALER IN COINS LONDON, 12.64g/7h (DH – [dies of DH 20]). Good very fine, extremely rare
£100-£150
Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 59. Despite this token being known for over 40 years, the variant remains unlisted in the recent revisions of DH
116 IOM cypher, 12.25g/6h (DH 30) [3]. Extremely fine, last with original colour, others patinated
Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 60 Dunmow, Spence’s mule Halfpence, 1793 (3), revs. bust of David Garrick (2), 9.39g/6h (DH 22), 11.91g/6h (DH 22a),
£240-£300
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Extremely fine, much original colour on reverse, rare
Provenance: Bt Seaby March 1982 Epping, Spence’s Shilling, 1796, stag right, rev. star and Garter, edge SPENCE DEALER IN COINS LONDON, 10.09g/12h (DH 1).
£240-£300
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Provenance: R.W. Randall Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 373; bt R. Sharman May 1983 [sold with original invoice] Epping, Spence’s Shilling, 1796, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 11.48g/7h (DH 1a). Extremely fine with
considerable original colour, attractive and very rare
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