Baldwin & Sons
Auction 102 4 October 2016
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, John Gregory Hancock Jr, Brass Halfpenny, 1800, obv bust in profile left, W. SHAKESPEARE. I. G HANCOCK AGED 7 Y's around, rev THIS IS MY WORK IOHN GREGORY HANCOCK AGED 7 YEARS 1800, with INDUSTRY PRODUSETH WEALTH in exergue, edge plain (D&H Warwickshire 143). Some spotting, otherwise nearly good extremely fine and exceptionally rare.
In 1800, aged nine, he is credited with engraving the dies for a number of private tokens for George Barker and Thomas Welch. Pye has a note regarding one of George Barker's tokens that "This and four tokens immediately preceding are so well executed that many persons have doubted their being J. G. H., junior's work. This has induced his father to make an affidavit, that they were entirely engraved by his son; and the gentlemen for whom they were made, declare they are perfectly convinced of the truth of this affidavit."
Estimate: £1000-1500
In 1800, aged nine, he is credited with engraving the dies for a number of private tokens for George Barker and Thomas Welch. Pye has a note regarding one of George Barker's tokens that "This and four tokens immediately preceding are so well executed that many persons have doubted their being J. G. H., junior's work. This has induced his father to make an affidavit, that they were entirely engraved by his son; and the gentlemen for whom they were made, declare they are perfectly convinced of the truth of this affidavit."
Estimate: £1000-1500