Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Donald (d. 1798), stocking manufacturer, 29 Bull Street, Birmingham, Copper Halfpenny, 1792, obv DONALD & Co STOCKING MANUFACTURERS WHOLESALE & RETAIL . within oval of leaves, HALFPENNY PAYABLE AT around, rev beehive and bees within a circle, No 29 BULL STREET BIRMINGHAM 1792 around, twenty-five bees in field, edge PAYABLE . . . . CORK AND IN BELFAST (blundered edge) (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Warwickshire 123b). Edge bruises and surface marks, otherwise fair to fine and exceedingly rare, this the only example traced.

ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 10 February 1939

Estimate: £150-200