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 (2), 1794, obv helmeted bust left, PROMISSORY HALFPENNY around, rev ship under sail to right, PRO BONO PUBLICO around, edge LONDON LIVERPOOL OR MONTROSE (D&H Durham 9a), edge PAYABLE AT S. SALMONS I COURTNEY & E FROST PORTSEA X (D&H Durham 9b). Very fine to extremely fine for issue, both rare. (2)

ex Waite-Sanderson Collection
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: £100-150