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A Collection of 18th Century Tokens and Medals, the Property of a Gentleman

Collection Information

This collection was sold on 12 June 2018.

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Lot 1517, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, City Road, Thomas Hall, Pennies, 1795 (2), 17.16g/3h (DH 25), 21.28g/6h (DH 28a); Ludgate Hill, Henry Young, Penny, 1794, with date, 11.96g/5h (DH 39) [3]. First fine, second about very fine, last about extremely fine £60-80

Lot 1517, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £170

Lot 1518, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Clerkenwell, Thomas Gorton, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, fender and fire-irons, rev. tg cypher, 25.91g/6h (DH 16). Usual rim flaws, extremely fine, obverse with original colour £120-150

Lot 1518, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £300

Lot 1519, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Foster Lane, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, Goldsmiths’ Hall, rev. Goldsmiths’ arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 21.05g/6h (DH 166). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour £100-150

Lot 1519, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £130

Lot 1520, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Goodman’s Fields, Thomas Jordan & Co, brass Threepence, 1760, bear chained left, rev. thomas jordan and co. three pence, edge plain, 15.18g/12h (DH 3). Usual piercing, reverse die with flaw, otherwise good very fine and the equal of the ‘unissued’ Waite-Sanderson/Baldwin basement specimen, extremely rare £1,500-2,000

Lot 1520, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £1,700

Lot 1521, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Ludgate Hill, Matthew Young, Milton’s Penny, 1798, Britannia seated, St Paul’s in background, rev. legend, edge promissory penny token payable on demand, 28.13g/12h (DH 41). Usual rim flaw on reverse, extremely fine and bronzed, rare £400-500

Lot 1521, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £400

Lot 1522, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Newgate Street, Christ’s Hospital, octagonal Sixpence, 1800, 6.64g/6h (DH 2), Penny, 1800, 5.57g/12h (DH 11) [2]. First about very fine and rare, second about fine £40-50

Lot 1522, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £90

Lot 1523, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, St Pancras, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.24g/6h (DH 161). Small striking flaw on reverse between 6 and 7 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, reflective patina £90-120

Lot 1523, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £150

Lot 1524, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, St Paul’s, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, St Paul’s School, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.19g/12h (DH 94). Extremely fine, brown patina £80-100

Lot 1524, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £170

Lot 1525, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Soho, Robert Orchard, Milton’s Penny, 1803, draped bust right, rev. legend, edge plain, 26.68g/12h (DH 38; Stainton 45). Light die flaw in obverse field and an area of surface dullness in front of Orchard’s coat, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £240-300

Lot 1525, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £550

Lot 1526, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Threadneedle Street, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, South Sea House, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.54g/6h (DH 162). Extremely fine with considerable diffused original colour £100-150

Lot 1526, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £110

Lot 1527, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Tower Hill, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, Trinity House, rev. City arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.44g/1h (DH 84). Usual die flaw and associated rim faults on obverse, extremely fine £80-100

Lot 1527, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £130

Lot 1528, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Westminster, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, House of Commons, rev. cap of Liberty over coronet on pole, palm branch and cornucopia below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 25.19g/12h (DH 173). Reverse with usual die flaw, about extremely fine and patinated, rare £100-150

Lot 1528, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £200

Lot 1529, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Whitehall, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, 1797, Banqueting House, Whitehall, rev. portcullis and scales between sprigs of oak and laurel, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.69g/12h (DH 169). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare £100-150

Lot 1529, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £260

Lot 1530, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Whitehall, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 3, Treasury, rev. City arms, cap of maintenance above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.73g/12h (DH 88). Extremely fine and bronzed £100-150

Lot 1530, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £180

Lot 1531, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Wood Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Barbers’ Hall, 24.32g/11h (DH 95); Lutwyche’s Masonic Penny, 1795, 18.30g/6h (DH 33) ]2]. Fine to very fine £30-40

Lot 1531, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £85

Lot 1532, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Denton’s ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan with partly expanded wings swimming left, rev. arms of the county of Middlesex, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 25.27g/6h (DH 174). Usual light die flaws on reverse, extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £600-800

Lot 1532, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £1,600

Lot 1533, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 1, Guildhall, 26.39g/12h (DH 42), Mansion House, 21.98g/6h (DH 43), Somerset House, 25.39g/6h (DH 44a) [3]. About extremely fine and better, first with some original colour £80-100

Lot 1533, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £240

Lot 1534, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 2, Bethlem Hospital, 22.80g/6h (DH 48), Carleton House, 22.06g/6h (DH 49), Chelsea Hospital, 21.80g/6h (DH 50), Christ’s Church Hospital, 23.58g/6h (DH 51) [4]. About extremely fine and better, DH 50 with original colour £120-150

Lot 1534, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £320

Lot 1535, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 2, Foundling Hospital, 22.39g/6h (DH 53), Goldsmith’s Hall, 23.77g/12h (DH 55), Greenwich Hospital, 22.04g/6h (DH 56), Ironmongers’ Almshouse, 23.68g/6h (DH 59) [4]. About extremely fine and better, DH 59 with much original colour £120-150

Lot 1535, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £320

Lot 1536, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 2, Middlesex Hospital, 22.00g/6h (DH 61), Montague House altered for the British Museum, 21.96g/6h (DH 62), Monument, 26.36g/6h (DH 63), Old Ordnance Office, 25.78g/6h (DH 64, with flaw) [4]. About extremely fine and better, some with original colour £120-150

Lot 1536, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £320

Lot 1537, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, Royal Exchange, 22.36g/12h (DH 65), St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 22.33g/6h (DH 47), St James’s Palace, 22.17g/6h (DH 58) [3]. About extremely fine and better, DH 47 and 65 with much original colour £90-120

Lot 1537, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £240

Lot 1538, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, St Paul’s Church, 22.05g/6h (DH 52), St Thomas’s Hospital, 22.723g/6h (DH 66), Trinity Almshouse, 23.23g/6h (DH 67) [3]. About extremely fine and better, DH 52 with much original colour £80-100

Lot 1538, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £260

Lot 1539, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), type 3, London Bridge, 19.09g/6h (DH 68), type 4, Blackfriars Bridge, 18.43g/6h (DH 71), Westminster Bridge, 18.42g/6h (DH 70) [2]. First good very fine, others about extremely fine and better £70-90

Lot 1539, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £340

Lot 1540, 12 Jun 18

LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), Aldgate, 18.19g/6h (DH 73), Bishopsgate, 18.19g/6h (DH 75), Bridge Gate, 18.109g/6h (DH 76), Cripplegate, 17.60g/6h (DH 77) [4]. About extremely fine and better, DH 76 and 77 with much original colour £150-200

Lot 1540, 12 Jun 18

Sold for £420

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