Baldwin & Sons
Auction 102 4 October 2016
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Christ's Hospital, Copper Halfpenny (4), 1800, obv cypher C H, 1800. below, downstrokes of cypher are solid, top of the 1 in date is sloping, stop after the date, rev HALF PENNY, edge plain (Atkins p.90, 198; D&H Middlesex 278); obv top of the 1 in date is square, no stop after the date (Atkins p.90, 199; D&H Middlesex 279); obv ends of cypher have tight curls, top of the 1 in date is square, no stop after the date (Pye p.35, 4; Atkins p.90, 200; D&H Middlesex 280); obv downstrokes of cypher are formed of double lines, top of the 1 in date is square, no stop after the date (D&H Middlesex 281). Generally very fine or better, all scarce. (4)
D&H 279 ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired from James Atkins 25 November 1905, at that time Cokayne noted that Atkins told him that no other example of this variety was known.
Christ's Hospital was founded in London by King Edward VI for the orphan children of poor Londoners and was given the use of the old Grey Friars buildings. It admitted its first 380 children in November 1552 and was given its Royal Charter by Edward VI in 1553, being part of a foundation, which included St Thomas's Hospital (for the sick) and Bridewell Hospital (for idle vagabonds). The school's Tudor uniform, which has been in place since it's founding, includes belted, long blue coats, knee-breeches, yellow socks, and bands at the neck. The nickname "Blue-coat School" comes from the blue coats worn by the students, however, the nickname used within the school community itself is "Housey" and the long coat is called a "housey coat". Beginning in 1800 Christ's Hospital minted its own coinage (Sixpence, Penny and Halfpenny), which were exchanged for the coin of the realm and could only be spent in shops within the site. They were known locally as Housey Money.
Estimate: £100-150
D&H 279 ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired from James Atkins 25 November 1905, at that time Cokayne noted that Atkins told him that no other example of this variety was known.
Christ's Hospital was founded in London by King Edward VI for the orphan children of poor Londoners and was given the use of the old Grey Friars buildings. It admitted its first 380 children in November 1552 and was given its Royal Charter by Edward VI in 1553, being part of a foundation, which included St Thomas's Hospital (for the sick) and Bridewell Hospital (for idle vagabonds). The school's Tudor uniform, which has been in place since it's founding, includes belted, long blue coats, knee-breeches, yellow socks, and bands at the neck. The nickname "Blue-coat School" comes from the blue coats worn by the students, however, the nickname used within the school community itself is "Housey" and the long coat is called a "housey coat". Beginning in 1800 Christ's Hospital minted its own coinage (Sixpence, Penny and Halfpenny), which were exchanged for the coin of the realm and could only be spent in shops within the site. They were known locally as Housey Money.
Estimate: £100-150