The Collection of British Tokens formed by John Rose 458
Not Local: British, Westwood’s Sixpence, 2.15g/6h (D 18); George III types, Halfpence (2), 1812, 7.40g/6h (W 1433), 1815, 6.12g/6h (W 1419); Nelson types, Halfpence (2), 1812, 9.70g/6h (W 1590), undated, 7.93g/6h (W 1595); ‘Pure Copper’ series, Halfpenny, 7.41g/6h (W 1665b) [6].W1433 and 1595 fine, others about very fine and better, D 18 with some brilliance, last very rare
£80-£100 Provenance: D 18 bt 1976; W 1590 bt F. Hancock 1974 459
Not Local: British, Wellington types, Halfpence (4), undated, 7.68g/6h (W 1497, overstruck on a Bristol Halfpenny of Samuel Guppy, 1811), 1812 (4), 8.37g/12h (W 1522), 9.19g/12h, 8.92g/12h, 8.82g/12h (all W 1556); ‘Ship’ Halfpenny, 1815, 5.65g/6h (W 1627); For Public Accommodation, uniface Farthing, 1813, 3.20g (W 1730) [7]. About very fine and better
£70-£90 Provenance: W 1730 bt R. Gladdle 1988 Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks 460
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, B. Hyam, brass, 30mm (cf. DNW T17, 1076), Theatre Royal, 1817, ADMIT and PAID, both 20mm (W 75-6), Manchester, W.T. Glover & Co, copper Threepence, 30mm; STAFFORDSHIRE, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Thomas Highfield (W 3750); SUFFOLK, Ipswich, Robert Ward (W 1870); SURREY, Richmond, Robert Innocent (W 4440a); SUSSEX, Brighton, Thomas Tamplin, 1825, copper, rev. Royal Pavilion, 27mm (TCSB 8, p.63); WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Charles Ellingworth, brass, 25mm; ABERDEENSHIRE, Aberdeen, Fraser & Laidlaw, 1838 (W 6950); MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Ambrose’s Tavern, copper, 28mm (ST 583; cf. DNW 134, 347); ISLE OF MAN, Onchan, Internment Camp, brass Penny, 18mm (Prid. 66); together with miscellaneous tokens, jetons, etc (13), including Josh Harker and his baby detective, Fattorini Bradford ISG, Napoleon’s funeral, etc [25]. Glover extremely fine, others generally very fine
£70-£90 Provenance: W 4440a bt A.J. Organ 1976 461
LONDON, Camden, Thomas Middlebrook, Edinburgh Castle, copper, 28mm (W 3051; D & W 69/178); Covent Garden, G. Goodhew, brass Shilling by W.J. Taylor, 32mm (cf. DNW 38, 345); Fetter Lane, Daniel Barrett (W 2340); Fleet Street, Louis Silberberg (W 2800); Gray’s Inn Road, Freeman (W 2554); Great Russell Street, William Till, 1834, copper, 29mm, edge plain (W 3076); Holborn, G.T. Dutton, copper ‘Halfpenny’, 1857, 28mm, Stone, copper by W.J. Taylor, 29mm; Holborn Viaduct, Our Boys Clothing Co (W 2732); Leadenhall Street, Frederick Toole & Co (W 2945); Old Kent Road, T. Pryce (W 2753); St Mary Axe, Webster’s Patent Aluminium, aluminium by W.J. Taylor, 30mm (cf. DNW T15, 738); St Paul’s Churchyard, Allanson & Ritchie, brass, 24mm, Hall & Allan, octagonal brass, 24mm; Soho, East India Co, brass (W 2500c), Godfrey Goodman (W 2568); Southwark, John Hayward (W 2595a, 6h) [17]. W 2568 with some light spotting, otherwise extremely fine, rare, others generally very fine Provenance: Allanson & Ritchie bt N. Howarth
£80-£100 462 463
Provenance: Bt P. Withers 1980 Thomas Spence, a George II Halfpenny, 1749, obv. countermarked SPENCE’S PLAN, rev. countermarked NO LANDLO[RDS] OR
WAR, 9.56g/6h (Thompson, BNJ 1969, p.156). Fine £30-£40
WATSON, G.M., and LEWIS, D.F., Apothecary Tokens, London, 1958; TREASE, G.E., Apothecaries and their tokens, 1648 -1679, London, 1965; WHITTET, T.D., A survey of apothecaries’ tokens including some previously unrecognized specimens, Parts 1 to 17, London 1982-6, complete, including some duplication; WHITTET, T.D., Spectacle Makers’ Tokens, London, 1984; together with a quantity of photocopies of articles on Yorkshire tokens in the HMP series, etc, by Horace Hird, Thomas Sheppard and William Sykes [Lot]. Generally clean Provenance: Many signed by Whittet to Jock Shaw, Manchester
£30-£40 Historical Medals 464
50th Birthday of Joseph Priestley, 1783, a white metal medal by J.G. Hancock, bust right, rev. scientific apparatus on a bench, chimney with smoke at left, 36mm, 13.35g/12h (DH Warwickshire 32; BHM 251 var.; E 807). Spot on shoulder, some obverse rim nicks and traces of lacquer on left of reverse, otherwise about very fine, very rare in this metal
£60-£80 Provenance: Bt York Coin Fair 1985 465
Centenary of the Revolution, 1788, a brass medalet by J. Davies, 27mm, 4.63g/6h (DH Middlesex 948; BHM 289); George III, Restored to Health, 1789, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz, 35mm, 18.21g/12h (DH 180; BHM 311; E 827), a brass medalet by C. James, 21mm, 2.93g/12h (DH 1130; BHM 307), a brass medal by Wilmore Alston & Co, 25mm, 4.40g/12h (DH 938; Neilson 1940; BHM 310); George III, Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, 1789, medals (2), in white metal by C. James, 30mm, 10.03g/12h (DH 176; BHM 294), and by J. Milton, in gilt-copper, 33mm, 13.95g/12h (DH 177; BHM 295) [6]. DH 180 extremely fine, DH 177 good fine, others very fine Provenance: DH 176 bt P. Garlick 1983; DH 180 bt Spink 1984
£80-£100 466
Prince of Wales Appointed Regent, 1789, copper medals (2), by W. Lutwyche, 26mm, 6.56g/6h (DH Middlesex 972), and unsigned, 30mm, 8.04g/6h (DH 968; BHM 321); King and Constitution, 1793, a white metal medal by C. Twigg and I.S.G., 36mm, 10.37g/12h (DH 187; BHM 370); Marriage of the Prince and Princess Caroline of Brunswick, 1795, a brass medalet by T. Wyon Sr, 22mm, 2.65g/12h (DH 1137; BHM 340), medalets (5), all unsigned, in brass, 26mm, 4.61g/12h (DH 976a; BHM 398), in brass (2, one plated), both 19mm, 2.33g/12h, 2.24g/12h (both DH 1139, in plated brass, 20mm, 2.48g/12h (DH 1143; BHM 398), in copper, 20mm, 2.70g/12h (DH 1144) [9]. Mostly very fine, DH 976a very rare
£60-£80 Provenance: DH 187 bt in Brighton 1975
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