British Tokens from Various Properties


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CLACKMANNANSHIRE, Alloa, Alloa Colliery, a George II Halfpenny, 175[–], rev. countermarked PAYABLE AT ALLOA COLLIERY +, 7.81g (Scott 62.1B; D 70; cf. Brodie 227). Coin worn, countermark fine, extremely rare


£150-£200


Provenance: First bt F. Milward December 1978 Co DUBLIN, Dublin, ‘Pro Bono’ ‘Shillings’, 1804 (3), 4.41g/12h, 4.17g/12h (both D 8), 4.32g/12h (D 9) [3]. First very


fine, others about fine and better £80-£100


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ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, Atlas Fire Office (John Beatson and George Copeland), Halfpenny, 1811, Atlas kneeling, holding globe, DOUGLAS below, rev. triskeles, large letters, edge grained, 7.23g/6h (W 2078; Prid. 60; KM. Tn 5; cf. R.J. Ford I, 235; cf. Cain 2784). Extremely fine with attractive chocolate brown patina, a great rarity; very few genuine specimens known, perhaps less than six examples, of which this is almost certainly the finest


£2,000-£3,000 Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Spink December 1921, £20].


These pieces are almost always seen in commerce as electrotypes of the British Museum original by Robert Ready (cf. Guard 505). Described by Nelson in 1899 as a pattern, an opinion copied by Mackay in 1977, the condition of most of the survivors mitigates against this (Pridmore, p.25). Other genuine examples in recent commerce are two pieces sold by DNW (15 September 2015, Fine, £1,500, and 18 September 2018, mediocre, £420)


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ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, Douglas Bank Co (William Littler, Robert Littler and James Dove), Halfcrown, 1811, THE DOUGLAS BANK CO, etc, first date numeral over space between B and A in BANK, rev. Peel Castle, no die flaw between S and L in ISLE, edge grained, 7.62g/12h (D 2; Prid. 47a; cf. DNW 132, 383). Of bright appearance, very fine, very rare


£700-£900


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