Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Thomas Gorton, South Shields, Copper Halfpenny, 1796, obv shield of arms, . PAYABLE . IN . DURHAM . OR . LONDON around, rev anchor and cable, 1796 below, SOUTH . SHIELDS . HALFPENNY around, edge plain (D&H Durham 8a). Good extremely fine, exceptionally rare, only one other example traced.

ex W J Davis Collection

ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 11 March 1911

Estimate: £200-300