Unofficial Farthing Tokens (12) Lancashire (5) Bolton - John Carrie, Tea Dealer Bell 1090 Fine, Manchester Falkner Brothers General Drapers Bell 3280 Fine, Manchester Labrey Entwisle & Co Tea Dealers Bell 3400 Fine, William Scott & Co. Family Grocers and Tea Dealers, Bell 3530, Fine, Oldham - Benjamin Fielding , Corn Dealer, Bell 4220 NVF, Norfolk (2) Norwich James Creak, General Warehouseman, Bell 3980 VF, Yarmouth - S.Lessey, Grocer and Tea Dealer, Bell 5260 NVF, Staffordshire - Bilston T.& F. Lewis Tea Dealers, Bell 230 VF, Warwickshire - Birmingham J.Gargory, Optician Bell 407 Good Fine, holed, Northumberland - Newcastle-upon-Tyne Greaves for Tea, Bell 3820 GVF, Gloucestershire (2) Gloucester, W.Crump - Tea Dealers Bell 1650 GVF/VF, Cirencester, W.Hawkins Tea Dealer, Bell 1400 Fine
Halfpennies18th Century (7) Suffolk (3) Bury undated Gateway/Open book, Leatherdales edge DH29, EF with traces of lustre, Bury undated Gateway/Open book DH29 Coarse milled edge DH29d NEF toned, Ipswich undated, Town Arms with supporters/Man ploughing and ship sailing DH34 NEF, Warwickshire - Birmingham 1793 Figure of a boy/Shield with hedgehogs DH50 NEF, Birmingham - Bissets Temple interior, with hanging pictures/Ornaments of spar DH120 NEF, Wiltshire (2) Holt undated, Fame standing/Legend in 6 lines, DH3 Milled edge Near EF, Salisbury 1796 Grocers Arms and supporters/Cathedral Church of Sarum DH21 GVF,
19th Century (28) a small collection comprising Eighteen Pence Northamptonshire - Peterborough 1811 Obverse: West front of Peterborough Cathedral, Reverse: Peterborough Bank Token GVF, Shillings (22) Yorkshire (6) Bridlington 1812 Cook and Harwood Davis 5 VF toned Leeds 1812 Reverse: Arms with owls as supporters Davis 30">Davis 30 NEF toned, Doncaster Mirfin and Parker 1812 Obverse: Lion holding a standard, Reverse: Seated female, D over the 1 in the date, with H on the bale, Davis 8 VF, York 1811 Cattle and Barber, Letter Y on last palm blade over the last digit of the date, Davis 62 GEF and lustrous, Bradford 1812 James Laycock Davis 3 VF, Yorkshire County - West Riding 1811 Davis 1 GVF toned, Norfolk (3) Diss 1811 Muskett & Sons Davis 7 NEF and nicely toned, Yarmouth (2) 1811 F.R.Reynolds Davis 15 NVF, 1811 J.Hunton's Davis 13, VF/GVF with a few tone spots, Warwickshire - Birmingham 1811 The Workhouse Davis 8 EF and lustrous, Staffordshire - Bilston 1811 Rushbury and Woolley Davis 2 GVF, Dorset (2) Poole 1812 W.B.Best Davis 8 Toned VF, Blandford 1811 H.Ward Davis 2, VF, Gloucester 1811 Arms of Gloucester between two sprigs of olive, crest a cap of maintenance Davis 5 VF or better, toned, Devon County - undated, Obverse: Arms, Reverse: Devon Silver Token, Davis 2 Fine, Somerset (2) Bristol 1811 Obverse: Arms without supporters, Reverse: BRISTOL SILVER TOKEN 12, Davis 18 GVF toned, Bath 1812 Davis 17, C.Culverhouse, I.Orchard and J.Phipps, no Periods after C,I, and J Davis 17 VF toned, Rare, Northumberland - Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1812 Obverse: Arms PAYABLE BY ALEXr KELTY NEWCASTLE ON TYNE Reverse: View of a colliery Davis 7 EF and lustrous, Hampshire - Andover 1812 Seven Acorns inside left of wreath, Davis 17 VF, Buckinghamshire - High Wycombe 1811 Town Hall-James Gomme Davis 1 VF Toned, Lancashire - Liverpool Shilling 1812 Obverse: The Arms of Liverpool. Thos. Wilson, Reverse: A female seated on a bale, Davis 2 Near VF, nicely toned, Non-Local undated Bees and Beehive/Britannia Davis 7 VF, Cheshire - Stockport 1812 G.&R. Ferns and T.Cartwright, Bees and Beehive/Female seated, 15 bees, No H on the bale Davis 5 VF, Penny Birmingham and Swansea 1811 Rose Copper Company Davis 95 GVF, Halfpennies (3) Non Local, Trade and Navigation 1813 Davis 43 NEF, Non Local 1815 Genuine British Copper, Britannia left, 4 Leaves in the olive branch Davis 73 VF, Penny Countermarked on a 1797 Penny ROBINSON CUTLER, AVERY ROW, LOWER GROSVENOR STREET LONDON undated, Near Fine, USA Hard Times Token 1837 Executive Experiment GVF
Halfpennies18th Century a high grade group (8) Lancashire - Lancaster 1792 John of Gaunt/Town Arms DH29ALustrous GEF, Warwickshire (2) Bissets, Temple interior/Ornaments of spar DH120 EF, Birmingham Boy/Shield with four hedgehogs DH50 EF, Middlesex (2) W.Williams 1795 Crowned shield/Portcullis and Plume DH916 A/UNC with traces of lustre, Salters, undated, Hatmakers/Shop-front DH473 EF, Glamorganshire - Glamorgan 1795 GEF with traces of lustre, Wiltshire - Devizes 1796 Town Arms/Stag, milled edge, no inscription DH2b, EF with traces of lustre, Somerset - Bath, Botanic Gardens/Tree and shrubs, Plain edge, rounded GEF and lustrous
Halfpennies18th Century (13) Hampshire (4) Emsworth 1794 Earl Howe and Britannia, London, Liverpool or Bristol edge, DH13 NVF, Emsworth 1793 Peace and Plenty edge Current Every Where DH11 VF or better, Southampton 1791 Walter Taylor's - edge : PAYABLE AT THE OFFICE OF W.TAYLOR, R.MOODY & CO DH89 VF, Portsea 1794 DH68 Good Fine, Warwickshire (2) - John Wilkinson 1790 edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY Fine, 1791 edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY DH438 Good Fine, Middlesex (2) 1794 J.H.Tooke Plain edge DN1047 Good Fine, Davidsons 1795 edge reads: PAYABLE AT THE HOUSE OF T. AND R. DAVIDSONS DH294a GF, Durham (2) Stockton 1794 edge: London Liverpool Montrose DH9a About Fine, South Shields 1794 Success to the Coal Trade DH4 VF, Staffordshire - Leek Commercial Halfpenny DH11 NVF, Lincolnshire - Wainfleet 1793 Wainfleet Abbey DH8a edge reads PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSES OF D.WRIGHT & S.PALMER VF or better, 19th Century (1) Dublin 1813 James Hilles Withers 1820 Fine
Halfpennies18th Century (6) Hampshire (2) Southampton 1791 Walter Taylor's, edge : PAYABLE AT THE OFFICE OF W.TAYLOR, R.MOODY & CO DH89 (2) VF and EF, Durham - South Shields (2) 1794 Success to the Coal Trade edge: SOUTH SHIELDS AND LONDON, DH4 (2) GF and GVF, Warwickshire 1790 John Wilkinson, edge: WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY DH387 VF, Middlesex 1793 Social and Political Series - General Convenience NEF DH1018a NEF
Sixpence 1812 Warwickshire - Birmingham, No Wicket, Davis 19 NEF and lustrous, but bent and re-straightened, along with a group of tokens (19) includes many Williams Bros. with higher denominations such as 20 Shillings and 10 Shillings, in mixed grades to EF
Halfpennies19th CenturyWarwickshire, Atherstone, Sir George Chetwynd, Grendon 1842. (22 pieces) Obverse: Bust to right: "SIR GEORGE CHETWYND BARONET. 1842.". Reverse: Coat of Arms of the Chetwynd family: "GRENDON HALFPENNY". Plain edge. Privately issued by Sir George Chetwynd, a great numismatist of the 19th century, for fellow collectors. His collection was sold over four days in September 1872, Bell Warwickshire No: A2, Davis Token Coinage of Warwickshire No: 821 Lustrous UNC, many prooflike, some with spots
HalfpenniesWarwickshire18th Century (2) 1792 John Wilkinson DH451K About Fine, DH 454B Good Fine both Very Rare, Pennies 19th Century (2) Glasgow Phoenix Ironworks (2) both 1813 W.1352 Fine once cleaned, and W.1353 NVF, Ireland - Dublin Advertising Token Geale and MacBride Halfpenny size undated (c.1806) Withers 1813 About fine with lightly pitted surfaces, Farthing 19th Century 1814 Lanarkshire, Hamilton DH43a with oblique edge milling Good Fine, Rare
Penny18th CenturyWarwickshire - Birmingham 1799 Mounted Yeoman/PROMISSORY PENNY TOKEN ISSUED BY THOMAS WELCH SECOND TROOP 1799 in six lines, edge with 'PRESERVE' legend DH27a NVF/GF only 24 struck
Halfpennies18th CenturyWarwickshire (12) Wilkinson's (10) 1792 Bust/Barge, Wilkison error DH339, 1792 Bust/Barge, Wilkison error, London or Liverpool edge DH339a, 1787 Bust/Forge Long queue DH346, 1792 Bust/Forge straight 1 and 7 DH389, 1793 Bust/Forge No stop after MASTER, Straight 1 and 7, DH393a, 1790 Bust/Vulcan, tie of Queue to O, DH424, 1790 Bust/Vulcan, Rod points to Y, DH425, 1790 Bust/Vulcan, Tie points between O and H, DH426, 1790 Bust/Vulcan, Reverse stop is midway between the two pennants DH428, 1792 Bust/Vulcan, Staplehurst edge, DH451e, Coventry 1793 Godiva/Elephant DH242 (2), one silvered, Fine to VF
Pennies18th CenturyWarwickshire (5) 1796 Caesar's Tower, Kenilworth/Cypher DH6 NVF, 1789 Perrin's DH13 Good Fine, 1789 Perrin's DH13 VG once gilded, 1796 Lion/Cypher DH20 VF or better for wear with some pitting, 1796 Obelisk covered in ivy/Floral bouquet DH25 VF with some pitting
Halfpennies18th CenturyWarwickshire (10) County 1791 Bust/female with cornucopia DH47, County 1792 Bust/Vulcan seated DH49, BirminghamCopper Company 1793 Female seated/Stork and cornucopia DH76, Birmingham Mining and Copper Company 1792 Female seated/Stork and cornucopia DH109a, Coventry 1793 Godiva/Elephant DH244a Scarce, Coventry 1793 Godiva/Elephant DH245, Wilkinson's 1788 Bust/Barge DH336, Wilkinson's 1793 Bust/Forge, Prentice inverted on edge, DH395a (Counterfeit), Wilkinson's 1792 Bust/Vulcan seated DH448, Wilkinson's 1793 Bust/Vulcan seated, edge lettering struck off-centre and not readable, one in Fine the others NVF to VF
Halfpennies18th CenturyWarwickshire (5) Birmingham Mining and Copper Company 1792 Female Seated/Stork and cornucopia DH85, Lutwyche's undated Justice seated/Coin Press DH219, Coventry 1792 Godiva/Elephant DH231, Coventry 1793 Godiva/Elephant DH238, Wilkinsons 1790 Bust/Forge, with oo mark between Bradley and Willey on edge DH387a,GVF to NEF
Halfpennies18th CenturyWarwickshire (7) Birmingham Mining and Copper Company 1792 Female seated/Stork and cornucopia DH89 , Birmingham Mining and Copper Company date appears to read 1771, Plain edge DH112d, Coventry 1792 Godiva/Elephant DH234, Wilkinson's 1787 Bust/Forge DH360 Rare, Wilkinson's 1791 Bust/Vulcan seated, No stop after MASTER DH432, Wilkinson's 1791 Wilkinson error, Bust/Vulcan seated, Bar points to Y DH446b, Wilkinson's 1792 Bust/Vulcan seated DH453 Good Fine to VF
Halfpennies18th CenturyWarwickshire (5) Birmingham Mining and Copper Company 1794 Female seated/Stork and cornucopia DH74a, Lutwyche's undated Conjoined Busts/Moneta seated, Plain edge DH220, Coventry 1792 Godiva/Elephant, Castle under Y, DH232, Coventry 1793 Godiva/Elephant, Cronebane/Dublin edge DH238c, scarce, Wilkinson's 1791 Bust/Vulcan seated, stop after MASTER to centre of R DH441 (Counterfeit) with collectors number inked into the obverse field, VF to EF the last with traces of lustre
HalfpenniesWarwickshire (5) Stratford 1790 DH327 VF, undated North Wales DH330, Fine, 1788 John Wilkinson DH336, Fine, 1792 John Wilkinson DH339, 1793 Druids Head DH430A Good Fine
Halfpenny18th centuryWarwickshire, Birmingham, David Garrick mule obverse as DH133, bust left, no date below, reverse as DH128 legend in 8 lines, plain edge, GVF unlisted by Daltons for this die pairing, along with an unattributed copper in the style of a Spade Guinea dated 1788 this EF
Tokens a high grade group (5) Penny19th CenturyWarwickshire 1812 Birmingham Union Copper Company UNC and attractively toned with traces of lustre, Halfpennies18th Century (7) Middlesex Skidmore's Churches and Gates, 1797 St.Margarets, Lothbury DH 605 UNC and prooflike with some original colour, Warwickshire 1792 Birmingham Hickmans DH144 Two buttonholes UNC with traces of lustre and a small edge flaw, NorfolkNorwich 1794 Richard Bacon edge DH13 UNC and lustrous with prooflike fields, Hampshire Petersfield 1793 DH47, Holland and Andrews edge GEF with traces of lustre, Hampshire Emsworth 1795 DH30 Smaller ship, Lancaster, London or Bristol edge UNC toned with traces of lustre, Suffolk Blything 1794 DH 19 Sword points to L UNC and superbly toned, EssexChelmsford 1794 DH6 UNC and nicely toned with traces of lustre, a very pleasing group
17th CenturyWarwickshire (6) Alcester Joseph Dewes 3, Maraget Yarnoll 14, Coventry City 55, Hemlingford Hundred Edward Taylor 102, Stratford on Avon Richard Hunt 149A, Tamworth William Mitchell 163 Fair to Near Fine
Pennies19th Century (21) a varied and useful group, Gloucestershire Sedbury undated Withers 970 Reverse Ironworks building, overstruck on another Penny token issue (underlying piece clearly shows an 1813 date) Fine, Shropshire 1813 Halesowen, The Workhouse Withers 748 EF with a trace of lustre, Surrey 1812 Weybridge I.Bunn & co. Withers 1200 VF, Worcestershire 1811 Lye Forge, Nail and Trace Manufactory Withers 855/6 VF/EF, Yorkshire 1812 Sheffield FOR PUBLIC ACCOMODATION Withers 170/1 GVF, Dublin (3) 1813 E.Stephens, 1816 Wellington and Erin Go Bragh, 1820 Withers 1941, Non-local 1815 Withers 1952 overstruck with traces of the 1813 date and harp on the understrike, VG to Good Fine, Somerset (2) Bath 1811 Withers 18 Good Fine, Taunton updated Withers 1125 Good Fine, Bristol (2) 1811 Patent Sheathing Nail Manufacturers Withers 464 Near Fine, 1811 Withers 522A VF, Devon (3) 1811 Withers 1130, 1811 Withers 1133, 1811 Withers 1135 VF to EF, Cornwall (3) 1812 Withers 675, 1812 Withers 677, undated Cornish Mount Withers 675/7 Near Fine to NVF, Warwickshire (2) Birmingham and Sheffield Copper Company 1812 Withers 172 GEF with an attractive underlying tone, 19th Century Warwickshire Rose Copper Company 1812 Withers 277 EF, Penny 19th Century Yorkshire Sheffield 1813 Withers 988 Overseers of the Poor, view of Workhouse NVF
Halfpennies18th CenturyMiddlesex (10) 1796 Political and Social Series DH1020 VF Rare, Burchell's Sugar Plums for Worms (4) DH261, DH263, DH268, DH271, NVF holed, as are the vast majority of these pieces, 1794 Duke of YorkDH 989 VF, 1790 Duke of York DH 991 VF/NVF, undated Tom Tackle DH 1048 NVF struck off-centre, 1789 Jehovah Heard DH934 Fine, 1789 Prince Regent DH968 VF, also 18th Century Warwickshire undated Bissetts Museum DH120 EF with a trace of lustre and an edge bruise, along with Farthings 18th Century Middlesex (3) undated in brass DH1137, 1138, 1166 GVF
A mixed group 18th and 19th Century (9) comprising Yorkshire 1813 Phoenix Ironworks EF, Halfpenny Yorkshire Sheffield 1812 Nelson/Victory VF, Staffordshire 1812 Job Wilkes Darleston Lustrous EF, Warwickshire 1796 Union Mills/Cornucopia F scarce, Suffolk Bury 1794 Bust of Cornwallis EF, also Pennies 19th Century New Zealand (2) S.Hague Smith Ironmonger Auckland undated KM#Tn63 VF, 1858 Professor Holloway KM#Tn278 Good Fine, Colliery Mine and Lime Kiln Tickets (2) Hensingham Crest of the Lawson and Brayton family, two arms supporting the sun, VF the first in copper, the second in brass with hole
Halfpennies18th CenturyWarwickshire (2) 1793 Birmingham, Shield with hedgehogs (2) DH50 and DH50A, both EF, Nottinghamshire 1792 Promissory Halfpenny with O over A in legend Reverse Beehive DH7 NEF, Halfpennies 19th CenturyLancashire (3) 1793 Manchester DH135A NEF with some handling marks, 1793 Manchester DH135E EF, 1791 Rochdale DH140 NEF, Halfpennies 19th Century Middlesex (3) undated Salters Hatmakers DH473 NEF, 1794 Shackleton DH477 EF, undated Bust of David Garrick/Comic and Tragic Masks DH478 EF
Halfpennies19th CenturyWarwickshire, Atherstone, Sir George Chetwynd, Grendon 1842 (5 pieces) . Obverse: Bust to right: "SIR GEORGE CHETWYND BARONET. 1842.". Reverse: Coat of Arms of the Chetwynd family: "GRENDON HALFPENNY". Plain edge. Privately issued by Sir George Chetwynd, a great numismatist of the 19th century, for fellow collectors. His collection was sold over four days in September 1872, Bell Warwickshire No: A2, Davis Token Coinage of Warwickshire No: 821, (4 pieces with PAYABLE AT GRENDON HALL edge, the other with Plain edge) UNC and lustrous a couple with spots
WarwickshireHalfpenny18th Century 1794 Coventry, Free School as DH297A but struck in silver with a Plain edge, unrecorded with this combination, weight 13.90 grammes, EF with some thin scratches in the fields, extremely rare
Unofficial Farthings 19th Century a varied group (17) Warwickshire (3) C.Hadduck 20, Saml King 37, T.Pope 49, Berkshire (1) 1839 Roake, Newbury 3, Staffordshire (2_ J.Huskins 12, J.Austin 47, 1844, Northumberland J.Davidson 2, Norfolk (2) 1839 T.Wilson and Son 18 var., H.Chamberlain Sons and Co. 7, Middlesex (3) D.Barrett 1, Dunn and Co.7, Warrens Blacking Strand 14, Lancashire (5) F.L.Hausburg 28 milled edge, Falkner Brothers 51, Falkner Brothers 52, Mitchell and Co. 66 with obverse legend, Scott and Co 72 VF to GEF all with attributions
Halfpenny19th CenturyWarwickshire, Atherstone, Sir George Chetwynd, Grendon 1842. Obverse: Bust to right: "SIR GEORGE CHETWYND BARONET. 1842.". Reverse: Coat of Arms of the Chetwynd family: "GRENDON HALFPENNY". Plain edge. Privately issued by Sir George Chetwynd, a great numismatist of the 19th century, for fellow collectors. His collection was sold over four days in September 1872, Bell Warwickshire No: A2, Davis Token Coinage of Warwickshire No: 821 EF Rare
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