Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Basil Burchell, (1765-1838), dealer in patent medicines, later a jeweler and goldsmith, 79 Long Acre, London, Copper Halfpenny (10), obv SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE FAMOUS SUGAR PLUMBS FOR WORMS N.79, BASIL BURCHELL + LONG-ACRE +, no punctuation between SUGAR PLUMBS, quatrefoil before and after LONG-ACRE, hyphen between LONG-ACRE, rev BASIL BURCHELL SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE ANODYNE NECKLACE FOR CHILDREN . CUTTING TEETH, dot between CUTTING . TEETH (3), edge plain (Atkins p.88, 180; D&H Middlesex 259); obv small stop between SUGAR PLUMBS, no hyphen between LONG-ACRE, edge plain (Atkins p.88, 181; D&H Middlesex 260); obv no punctuation between SUGAR PLUMBS, hyphen between LONG . ACRE, edge plain (Atkins p.88, 185; D&H Middlesex 263); obv hyphen between SUGAR – PLUMBS, dot before and after LONG-ACRE, rev no punctuation between CUTTING TEETH, edge plain (Atkins p.88, 187; D&H Middlesex 267); obv dot before and after LONG-ACRE, rev no punctuation between CUTTING TEETH, edge plain (Pye p.28, 4; Atkins p.88, 186; D&H Middlesex 268); obv BASIL BURCHELL ... LONG - ACRE ..., hyphen between SUGAR – PLUMBS, rev dot before and after CUTTING TEETH, edge plain (Atkins p.89, 188; D&H Middlesex 269); obv BASIL BURCHELL + LONG - ACRE +, dot between SUGAR . PLUMBS, edge plain (Atkins p.89, 189; D&H Middlesex 270); obv BASIL BURCHELL ... LONG - ACRE ..., hyphen between SUGAR – PLUMBS (2), edge plain (Pye p.28, 3; Atkins p.89, 190; D&H Middlesex 271); rev no punctuation between CUTTING TEETH, edge plain (Atkins p.89, 191; D&H Middlesex 272); obv BASIL BURCHELL ... LONG - ACRE ..., hyphen between SUGAR – PLUMBS, rev BASIL BURCHELL SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE ANODYNE NECKLACE FOR CHILDREN . . . CUTTING TEETH . . ., edge THIS IS NOT A COIN BUT A MEDAL. + .+. +. +. (Conder p.85, 134; Pye p.28, 5; Virt p.111; Atkins p.89, 193; D&H Middlesex 274). D&H 259, 263, 267, 268, 269 and 270 holed for suspension as usual, D&H 269 extremely fine, others good extremely fine, some attractively toned, D&H 263 rare, others generally scarce, a very nice group. (10)

Burchell's tokens were pierced to enable them to be attached to his anodyne necklaces and packages of sugar plumbs as a guarantee of their authenticity.

Estimate: £200-300