Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Peter Kempson, (1755-1824), buttonmaker, later token manufacturer, St Mary's Row, Birmingham, later Little Charles Street, Copper Halfpenny mule, obv wheatsheaf, PEACE PLENTY & LIBERTY around, rev bust of William III right, 1688 below, oak wreath around, edge plain (Conder p.302, 390; Atkins p.8, 23; D&H Cambridgeshire 23). Toned, good extremely fine and exceptionally rare, only three specimens traced.

Kempson was actively involved in the production of tokens from 1791 until 1799, turning out more than 60 tons of "legitimate provincial coins" for various commissions. Kempson also freely muled dies in his possession, and produced a variety of tokens for sale to collectors.

Estimate: £500-700