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, White Metal Halfpenny (4), obv SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE FAMOUS SUGAR PLUMBS FOR WORMS No.79, BASIL BURCHELL + LONG- ACRE +, no punctuation between SUGAR PLUMBS, hyphen between LONG . ACRE, rev BASIL BURCHELL SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE ANODYNE NECKLACE FOR CHILDREN . CUTTING . TEETH, dot between CUTTING . TEETH, edge plain (Atkins p.88, 185; D&H Middlesex 263); obv BASIL BURCHELL * LONG- ACRE *, rosette before and after LONG-ACRE, hyphen between LONG – ACRE, rev hyphen between CUTTING – TEETH, edge plain (D&H Middlesex 265bis); obv BASIL BURCHELL . LONG - ACRE, hyphen between SUGAR – PLUMBS, dot before and after LONG-ACRE, hyphen between LONG – ACRE, rev BASIL BURCHELL SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE ANODYNE NECKLACE FOR CHILDREN . CUTTING TEETH, no punctuation between CUTTING TEETH, edge plain (Atkins p.88, 187; D&H Middlesex 267); obv BASIL BURCHELL ... LONG - ACRE ..., hyphen between SUGAR – PLUMBS, rev no punctuation between CUTTING TEETH, edge plain (Pye p.28, 3; Atkins p.89, 190; D&H Middlesex 271). D&H 263, D&H 267, D&H 271 holed for suspension as usual, generally good extremely fine, D&H 263 retaining much brilliance, D&H 263 rare, D&H 265bis very rare. (4)

D&H 267 ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 25 December 1937 for 15/-
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: £100-150