18th Century Tokens from the Collection formed by the late David Barry Bailey
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Cheapside, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Haberdashers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 18.97g/11h (DH 102). Spot below second S of HABERDASHERS, otherwise extremely fine, glossy patina
£100-£150
x 302
Cheapside, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Saddlers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 18.29g/11h (DH 107). Die flaw on obverse and striation marks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, patinated
£80-£100 x 303
City Road, John Bebbington, Halfpenny, 9.05g/12h (DH 254), Thomas Hall, Lutwyche’s Pennies, 1795 (2), deformed dwarf, 17.67g/6h, 17.02g/6h (both DH 26); Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (3), 10.68g/12h, 10.65g/6h (both DH 467), 11.33g/6h (DH 471); Coventry Street, Joshua Henderson, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.94g/6h (DH 292); Drury Lane, John Kilvington, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.33g/6h (DH 346) [8]. Last two extremely fine with much original colour, one DH 26 fine, others very fine and better but one DH 467 stained
£120-£150
x 304
City Road, Skidmore’s London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 2, Lying-in Hospital, rev. City arms with coronet, edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 24.58g/6h (DH 85). From the usual damaged reverse die, extremely fine, attractive reflective patina, very rare
£200-£260
x 305
Clerkenwell, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpenny, 1796, man standing with wooden leg, rev. JA cypher within wreath, THE CELEBRATED VENTRILOQUIST around, edge engrailed, 9.70g/6h (DH 251). Extremely fine with almost full original colour, very rare
£300-£400
Joseph Askins (b. 1771), a one-legged potato planter from Walsall, used his peg leg for drilling holes to drop the seed potatoes in. He developed an astonishingly convincing voice-throwing technique which he would demonstrate at local shows and pageants. In 1796, word of his talents reached London and he was engaged for two weeks at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Clerkenwell, as The Man With One Leg and Two Voices. The show was a phenomenal success, and in the course of a two-year run Askins single-handedly established ventriloquism as mainstream entertainment
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