Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Brooks, Copper Halfpenny, 1796, obv wheatsheaf and sickle flanked by two doves, rev pair of compasses, wheel, saw and axe, TOKEN ESSEX 1796 within a circle, W. BROOKS CARPENTER WOODFORD . O around, edge PAYABLE IN SUFFOLK ST. HAYMARKET (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Essex 39g). Struck over a Halfpenny of Francis Shackelton, DH Middlesex 475, essentially as made and attractively toned, exceedingly rare.

ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 24 January 1934 for 42/-

Estimate: £300-500