BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Horton, (1750-1832), shoe manufacturer, Stafford, Copper Halfpenny (3), 1797, obv castle and four lions (the arms of the borough of Stafford), STAFFORD above, rev cypher W H and a Staffordshire knot, HALFPENNY above, edge plain (D&H Staffordshire 20a); edge PAYABLE BY HORTON AND COMPANY +++ (Conder p.139, 5; Atkins p.183, 18; D&H Staffordshire 21), edge plain (D&H Staffordshire 21b). D&H 20a from a late state of the obverse die, very fine and exceedingly rare, D&H 21 nearly good extremely fine, D&H 21b with a little detritus and superficial verdigris, otherwise good extremely fine with some colour remaining, very rare. (3)
D&H 20a ex Spink, ex Yeates Collection
D&H 21 ex Given Collection
D&H 21b ex Glendining's
Estimate: £100-150