British Tokens from Various Properties 19th Century Tokens
x 904 905
BERKSHIRE, Reading, John Berkeley Monck, Eighteen Pence, 1811, arms, rev. value, edge grained, 6.24g/12h (D 6). Characteristic weakness in centre of obverse, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, rare
£120-£150
CHESHIRE, Nantwich, Old Bank, Shilling, 1811, 3.79g/12h (D 1), Stockport, Thomas Cartwright, George and Ralph Ferns, Shilling, 1812, 4.49g/6h (D 4); LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Thomas Wilson & Co, Shilling, 1812, 4.74g/6h (D 2); STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, George Rushbury and Edward Woolley, Shilling, 1811, 4.12g/12h (D 2), Sixpence, 1811, 1.98g/12h (D 3), Fazeley, Sir Robert Peel, Charles Harding & Co, Sixpence, 1811, 1.72g/6h (D 12); WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Shilling, 1811, 4.56g/12h (D 11), Sixpence, 1812, 2.30g/12h (D 23), and a base forgery of a Shilling, 1811, 4.06g/12h (D 15); YORKSHIRE, Doncaster, Thomas Birkinshaw, Shilling, 1812, 4.56g/12h (D 7), Mirfin & Parker, Sixpence, 1812, 1.89g/12h (D 11), Hull, Charles Rudston and George Preston, Sixpence, 1811, 1.92g/12h (D 17), Leeds, Workhouse, Shilling, 1812, 4.38g/12h (D 32), Whitby, Association, Shilling, 1811, 3.85g/6h (D 75) [14]. Liverpool about extremely fine, bright appearance, D 7 and 23 very fine, others in varied state, forgery rare £100-£150
906
DEVON, Barnstaple, issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1811, 3.82g/12h (D 12), Teignmouth, John Holland, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, 1811, 4.20g/12h (D 19); GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Bristol Commercial Token Bank Co, Shillings, 1811 (2), 4.13g/12h (D Somerset 24), 4.14g/12h (D 26), Sixpence, 1811, 2.04g/12h (D 55), Edward Bryan, Shilling, 1811, 4.20g/12h (D 21), William Sheppard, Shilling, 1811, 3.92g/12h (D 49), Robert Tripp & Co, Sixpence, 1811, 1.94g/12h (D 66), ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, 3.77g/12h (D 39), Sixpence, 1.59g/12h (D 59), Cheltenham, William Bastin, Shilling, 1811, 3.79g/12h (D 1); HAMPSHIRE, Newport (I.o.W.), Robert Wilkins, Shilling, 1811, 4.46g/12h (D 25) [12]. Last very fine and toned, others fine and better but D 19 with ‘X’ scratched in obverse field
£90-£120 x 907
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Gloucester, issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1811, 4.16g/12h (Mays 5 bis); LONDON, ‘Charing Cross’, issuer uncertain, Sixpence, 1.96g/12h (D 33); SOMERSET, Bath, Samuel Whitchurch and William Dore, Penny, 1811, 18.94g/6h (W 15a) [3]. First very fine and toned but with crease mark, others about extremely fine, last with original colour
£50-£70 Provenance: R.D. King Collection [first two from Spink May 1985] 908 909
KENT, Folkestone, John Boxer, Shilling, 1811, crowned arms, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 3.97g/12h (Thompson B2; Mays 2; D 1). Extremely fine, toned
£80-£100
LEICESTERSHIRE, County series, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, 3.98g/12h (D 1); LINCOLNSHIRE, Lincoln, James Millson and Thomas Preston, Shilling, 1812, 3.68g/12h (D 12); LONDON, ‘Charing Cross’, issuer uncertain, Shilling, 3.55g/12h (D 6), Sixpence, 2.10g/12h (D 33); Marylebone, ‘Morgan’s’ Shilling, 3.82g/12h (D 21); NORFOLK, Great Yarmouth, Joseph Hunton and James Blyth [of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk], Shilling, 1811, 3.85g/6h (D 14); NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Peterborough, Cole & Co, Eighteen Pence, 1811, 5.84g/12h (D 3); NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, Shilling, 1811, 3.80g/12h (D 5) [8]. D 21 very fine and toned, D 6 fair, others mostly fine
£70-£90
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LINCOLNSHIRE, Alford, Elizabeth Emerson & Sons, Shilling, 1811, legend around value, rev. bee-hive and bees, edge grained, 4.00g/6h (D 3). Flan slightly bent, otherwise about very fine, reverse toned, rare
£100-£150
Provenance: W 837 bt Seaby 1966 LONDON, St Martin’s Lane, Robert Warren, Penny, 10.35g/3h (W 837); Soho, John Mihell, Penny, 16.76g/12h (W
830); together with miscellaneous 19th century copper tokens (16) [18]. First two very fine, others fine and better £60-£80 912 913 914 915
NORFOLK, Norwich, Robert Blake, Twopence, 44.99g/6h (W 910); other tokens (2); together with base metal medals, medalets, etc (22), mostly 19th century [25]. Varied state
£30-£40
NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Robertson, Wyon’s Halfcrown, 1811, 11.17g/6h (D 1), Shilling, 1811, 4.20g/6h (D 11) [2]. Good fine and toned, but first with edge nicks
£80-£100
SOMERSET, Bath, Samuel Whitchurch and William Dore, Four Shillings, 1811, arms and supporters, rev. legend, edge grained, 15.35g/12h (D 11). Usual rim flaw on obverse, good fine
£80-£100
SOMERSET, Bath, Samuel Whitchurch and William Dore, Four Shillings, 1811, 15.33g/12h (D 15); STAFFORDSHIRE, Fazeley, Peels, Harding & Co, Shilling, 1811, 3.33g/6h (D 8) [2]. First removed from a mount, fine, second very fine but bright
£60-£80
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