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British Tokens from the Collection of the late David Perry

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This collection was sold on 21 March 2016.

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Lot 1219, 21 Mar 16

BEDFORDSHIRE, Barton-in-the-Clay, William Hopkins, Halfpenny, 2.68g/12h (GO 3; N 4; BW. 3); BERKSHIRE, Abingdon, Henry Meales, Farthing, 1657, 0.59g/6h (N 59; BW. 7); HEREFORDSHIRE, Hereford, Hugh Rodd, Farthing, 0.80g/6h (N –; BW. 28); KENT, Minster, John Rice, 5.74g/6h (N 2684; D & W 307/61); LEICESTERSHIRE, Leicester, John Pares, Halfpenny, 1666, 0.99g/6h (N 2841; BW. 48); LINCOLNSHIRE, Grantham, Borough Halfpenny, 1667, 1.26g/12h (N 2940; B...

Lot 1219, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £260

Lot 1220, 21 Mar 16

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Aylesbury, Francis Wheeler, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.20g/1h (DH 3; Preston-Morley 1017); Chesham, Adam Simpson, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.99g/6h (DH 20; Preston-Morley 1037) [2]. Extremely fine with much original colour £120-150

Lot 1220, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £220

Lot 1221, 21 Mar 16

CHESHIRE, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 8.91g/12h (DH 7); LANCASHIRE, Lancaster, Daniel Eccleston, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.35g/6h (DH 58), Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.68g/6h (DH 68), Manchester, John Fielding, Halfpenny, 1793, 9.65g/6h (DH 135e), Rochdale, John Kershaw, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.34g/6h (DH 140); together with other 18th century tokens of Cheshire and Lancashire (9) [14]. Those described very fine and bett...

Lot 1221, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £200

Lot 1222, 21 Mar 16

CUMBERLAND, Hensingham, Low Hall Colliery, Sir Wilfred Lawson, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1797, horse working a whin-gin, miner guiding basket, rev. legend in three lines, edge plain, 8.69g/12h (Farthing 7.50; Finlay 27; DH 1; D & W 291/107). Metal fault on lower reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, obverse better £100-150

Lot 1222, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £240

Lot 1223, 21 Mar 16

DORSET, Poole, James Bayly, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.01g/6h (DH 6); SOMERSET, Bath, Francis Heath, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.86g/6h (DH 40), Farthings (3), 1794, 4.73g/6h (DH 115), 1795 (2), 4.83g/6h, 4.78g/6h (both DH 116), Mary Lambe & Son, Halfpenny, 1794, 12.06g/6h (DH 50c), Farthing, 1794, 4.44g/6h (DH 111), Lacon Lambe, Farthing, 1795, 4.51g/6h (DH 112a), Bridgwater, James Holloway & Son, Halfpenny, 1794, 11.37g/6h (DH 86); together with other 18th cent...

Lot 1223, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £320

Lot 1224, 21 Mar 16

Co DURHAM, South Shields, issuer uncertain, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1794, 10.77g/6h (DH 4); YORKSHIRE, Huddersfield, John Downing, Halfpenny, 1793, 8.62g/6h (DH 15), Hull, Jonathan Garton & Co, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.59g/6h (DH 17), Leeds, Richard Paley, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.48g/6h (DH 44), Sheffield, John Hands, Halfpenny, 1794, 11.01g/12h (DH 59), York, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.93g/6h (DH 63); together with other 18th century tokens of...

Lot 1224, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £280

Lot 1225, 21 Mar 16

ESSEX, Colchester, Charles Heath, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.62g/6h (DH 10), Hornchurch, George Cotton, Halfpenny, 9.45g/6h (DH 33), Maldon, William Draper, Halfpenny, 11.91g/6h (DH 35); HERTFORDSHIRE, Bishops Stortford, Sir George Jackson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.18g/6h (DH 4); NORFOLK, Norwich, Joseph Clarke, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.24g/6h (DH 22); SUFFOLK, Blything, Sir John Rous, Halfpenny, 1794, 11.19g/12h (DH 19), Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Halfpenny, 1796,...

Lot 1225, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £750

Lot 1226, 21 Mar 16

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Hawkins Bird, Halfpenny, 1793, 9.67g/6h (DH Somerset 89), Newent, John Morse, Halfpenny, 1796, 10.51g/12h (DH 64); OXFORDSHIRE, Banbury, William Rusher, Halfpenny, 9.57g/6h (DH 1); together with other 18th century tokens of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire (11) [14]. Those described very fine and better, others fine and better £70-90

Lot 1226, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £280

Lot 1227, 21 Mar 16

KENT, Dover, John Horn, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 9.12g/6h (DH 16), 9.38g/6h (DH 16a); Faversham, John Crow, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.83g/6h (DH 20); Goudhurst, William Fuggle, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.72g/6h (DH 28a); Hawkhurst, Charles Hider, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.27g/6h (DH 30); Lamberhurst, John Gibbs, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.95g/6h (DH 35); Maidstone, Henry Oliver, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.01g/6h (DH 37); together with other 18th century tokens of Kent (15), including an...

Lot 1227, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £360

Lot 1228, 21 Mar 16

LONDON, Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.54g/6h (DH 295); City Road, Thomas Hall, Halfpenny, undated, 8.99g/6h (DH 319c); Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpenny, 11.38g/6h (DH 467); Drury Lane, John Kilvington, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.11g/6h (DH 346); High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, imitation Halfpenny by W.J. Taylor, c. 1870, in copper, 9.65g/6h (DH 343), John Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.11g/6h (DH 480); Lon...

Lot 1228, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £600

Lot 1229, 21 Mar 16

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham, William Donald & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, 13.07g/12h (DH 6); SHROPSHIRE, Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, 12.62g/6h (DH 9), Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1790, 13.83g/6h (DH Warwickshire 387a); WARWICKSHIRE, James Bisset, Halfpenny, 10.20g/6h (DH 120), Workhouse, Alston’s Halfpenny, 1796, 7.70g/12h (DH 63), Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, 8.77g/6h (DH 59); together with other 18th century t...

Lot 1229, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £550

Lot 1230, 21 Mar 16

SUFFOLK, Hoxne and Hartsmere, Thomas Tallant, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.95g/12h (DH 33); Lowestoft, Richard Powles, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.16g/6h (DH 37) [2]. Extremely fine and better, considerable original colour £100-150

Lot 1230, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £170

Lot 1231, 21 Mar 16

SURREY, Croydon, Daniel Garraway, Halfpenny, 1797, 6.92g/11h (DH 7), Guildford, Prattent’s Halfpenny, large flan, 10.94g/6h (DH 9); SUSSEX, Chichester, John Chaldecott and Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.62g/12h (DH 19), Hastings, James Tebay, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.62g/6h (DH 25), Northiam, Elias Gilbert, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.68g/6h (DH 35); together with other 18th century tokens of Hampshire and Sussex (19) [24]. Those described very fine and be...

Lot 1231, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £360

Lot 1232, 21 Mar 16

ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Halfpence (2), 1789, 13.93g/12h (DH 369), 1791, 12.87g/6h (DH 391); GLAMORGANSHIRE, ‘Glamorgan’ [probably Merthyr Tydfil], William Taitt, Richard Crawshay and Samuel Homfray, Jorden’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.16g/12h (DH 3b); MONMOUTHSHIRE, Monmouth, James Powell, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.14g/6h (DH 3); Co DUBLIN, Dublin, William Binns, Halfpenny, 1799, 9.42g/6h (DH 347); Co WICKLOW, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [C...

Lot 1232, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £300

Lot 1233, 21 Mar 16

ABERDEENSHIRE, Aberdeen, Denton’s Halfpenny, 1797, ancient fortress, rev. jb cypher, edge plain, 6.74g/6h (DH 1). Struck over an imitation Halfpenny of Thomas Worswick of Lancaster, 1794 (DH 39ff); good very fine with a hint of original colour, rare £300-400

Lot 1233, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £600

Lot 1234, 21 Mar 16

ANGUS, Brechin, Colin Smith and Patrick Wilson, Halfpence, 1801 (2), 10.45g/12h (DH 8), 9.96g/6h (DH 9); Dundee, William Croom, Boulton’s Halfpence (2), 9.61g/6h (DH 12), 10.30g/6h (DH 13), Kempson’s Halfpence (2), 9.74g/12h (DH 14), 9.71g/6h (DH 15); Wright’s ‘Infirmary’ Halfpenny, 1796, 11.88g/6h (DH 16); Peter Kirkpatrick, Farthing, 2.80g/12h (W 7040; DH 43); J.M. & Co, Farthing, 2.98g/12h (DH 39) [9]. DH 12, 13 and 43 extremely fine...

Lot 1234, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £240

Lot 1235, 21 Mar 16

ANGUS, Dundee, Alexander Molison, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.99g/6h (DH 10); John Pilmer, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, 11.61g/6h (DH 17); Alexander Swap & Co, Wright’s Halfpence, 1797 (2), 11.43g/6h (DH 21), 11.29g/6h (DH 22a); Thomas Webster Jr, Wright’s Penny, 1797, 18.92g/6h (DH 5), Wright’s Halfpence, 1797 (3), 12.28g/12h (DH 18), 11.98g/6h (DH 19), 12.19g/6h (DH 20) [8]. DH 5, 17, 18 and 21 about extremely fine and better, DH 10 goo...

Lot 1235, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £220

Lot 1236, 21 Mar 16

ANGUS, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Shilling, 1797, in silver, Broughty Castle, rev. Highlander, edge plain, 5.83g/6h (DH 1). Minor hairlines, otherwise extremely fine and richly toned, rare £300-400

Lot 1236, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £440

Lot 1237, 21 Mar 16

ANGUS, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Shilling, 1797, in silver, 5.64g/12h (DH 4), Farthings (2), 1796, 4.98g/6h (DH 40), 1797, 4.81g/6h (DH 42); Forfar, John Steele, Halfpence, 1797 (2), 11.51g/6h, 11.36g/6h (both DH 25); Montrose, James Bissett & Son, Halfpenny, 1796, 8.97g/6h (DH 28), imitation Halfpenny, 9.03g/7h (DH 29), Andrew Nicol, Halfpence, 1799 (3), 11.54g/6h (DH 31), 8.83g/6h (DH 32), 8.64g/6h (DH 36) [10]. DH 36, 40 and 42 about extremely...

Lot 1237, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £220

Lot 1238, 21 Mar 16

ARGYLLSHIRE, Inverary, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, view of ancient fortress, rev. tg cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.38g/12h (DH 2). Minor rim nicks, otherwise about extremely fine with a hint of original colour £100-150

Lot 1238, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £130

Lot 1239, 21 Mar 16

AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Milton’s Halfpenny, 1797, struck in collar, 10.53g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, p.150, fig. 1; DH 3); Cumnock, James Paterson, Farthing, 2.41g/11h (W 7021; DH 9) [2]. First with label mark in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck and bronzed, second fine £100-150

Lot 1239, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £120

Lot 1240, 21 Mar 16

AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Trial for a Shilling [1798], from dies by J. Milton, in copper, bust of William Wallace right, rev. female seated in mourning, struck in collar, edge plain, 7.71g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, p.151, fig. 2; DH 7). Usual die flaw on reverse, some rim bruises on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare £100-150

Lot 1240, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £150

Lot 1241, 21 Mar 16

AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Pattern Shilling, 1799, by J. Milton, in silver, bust of Prince of Wales left, no cud under bust, rev. cruciform shields displayed correctly, edge plain, 4.21g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, p.154, fig. 5; DH 5 bis II). Obverse cleaned and associated scuff marks in fields, otherwise very fine, reverse toned, an original striking £120-150

Lot 1241, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £160

Lot 1242, 21 Mar 16

DUMFRIES-SHIRE, Sanquhar, John Halliday, Farthing, 2.43g/6h (W 7537; DH 1); EAST LOTHIAN, Haddington, George Amos, Farthing, 3.23g/1h (W 7492; DH 1); KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE, Gatehouse of Fleet, Thomas Scott & Co, Halfpenny, 1793, 9.65g/6h (DH 1); RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, Jarvis Coats & Son, Farthing, 2.33g/6h (W 7525; DH 4) [4]. Good fine, first pierced but extremely rare £80-100

Lot 1242, 21 Mar 16

Sold for £100

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