British Tokens from Various Properties
702 SHROPSHIRE, Oswestry, John Jones, Penny, 1666, 2.53g/6h (N 3906; BW. 59). Good fine 703
£70-£90
WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, City Halfpenny, 1669, 3.15g/12h (N 5304-5 obv., different rev.; BW. 55). Some spotting on reverse, otherwise good very fine
£60-£80
704 YORKSHIRE, Doncaster, Daniell Hall, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.92g/6h (N 5838; BW. 72). Fine, very rare 18th Century Tokens 705 706
CORNWALL, Penryn, George Chapman George, Halfpenny, 1794, arms, rev. laureate bust, flags and drum behind, edge plain, 11.06g/6h (DH 4, bronzed). Extremely fine
£60-£80
CORNWALL, Truro, Cornish Metal Co, Halfpenny, 1791, druid’s head left within wreath, rev. arms, edge plain, 12.73g/6h (DH 2, bronzed). Virtually as struck
£80-£100
£80-£100
707 708
DORSET, Sherborne, Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor, Westwood’s Halfpenny, 1793, bee-hive and bees above monogram, rev. double-headed eagle displayed, edge PAYABLE AT THE BANK IN SHERBORNE DORSET, 11.31g/6h (DH 7). Extremely fine with original colour and reflective fields
£100-£150
KENT, Godington, John Toke II, brass hop token, 1767, 7.05g/6h (Henderson 536; DH 22); Unlocalised issues, Spence’s Halfpenny, man hanging series, type 3, man with straight legs, rev. open book, 1793, 7.07g/11h (DH Middlesex 833); together with miscellaneous 18th century tokens (23), including a cut-down Anglesey Halfpenny, and evasion Halfpence (2) [27]. First two fine, others in varied state
£90-£120 x 709
LONDON, Blackfriars, James Spittle [with J. Kirby and Richard Lashmar of Brighton, Sussex], Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.45g/6h (DH 902), 9.98g/6h (DH 903), St James’s Street, William Stinton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.35g/3h (DH 904), St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.44g/6h (DH 915); WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Henry Hickman, Halfpenny, 1792, 12.64g/6h (DH 144); Uncertain locality, W. Sheward, Halfpenny, 1792, 13.28g/6h (DH Middlesex 928), I.M. & Co, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.62g/6h (DH 911b), Kempson’s ‘London Essex and Norfolk’ Halfpenny, 10.37g/12h (DH 923), ‘Honor and Use of Trade’ Halfpenny, 8.15g/2h (DH 925a) [9]. Very fine and better, all patinated, but DH 144 with minor edge bruises
£70-£90 Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 101; D.B. McDonald Collection.
DH 902 and 903 = Bell, CC p.122 [902 = no.204]; DH 904 = Bell, TT p.112; DH 915 = Bell, TT p.117; DH 923 = Bell, ST p.15; DH 925a = Bell, ST p.229; DH 928 = Bell, CC p.120; DH 929 = Bell, CC p.197
710 711
MIDDLESEX, Chelsea, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, sailor presenting petition to Britannia, rev. Hope leaning on anchor, edge grained, 9.74g/5h (DH 277). Extremely fine, patinated
£50-£70
WILTSHIRE, Holt, David Arnot, Halfpenny, 9.72g/6h (DH 4); Salisbury, John and Thomas Sharpe, Halfpenny, 1796, 7.78g/6h (DH 21), Skidmore’s mule Halfpence, 1791 (2), 10.34g/6h, 9.52g/6h (both DH 12a) [4]. DH 21 good fine, others about extremely fine and better
£100-£150
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