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 (3), 1794, obv a building, SHIRE HALL in a ribbon below, rev crown and sceptre radiated, KING AND CONSTITUTION, edge PAYABLE IN HULL AND IN LONDON . X X (Atkins p.26, 6b; D&H Essex 5b); obv crown and sceptre radiated, KING AND CONSTITUTION, rev dove and cornucopia, PEACE AND PLENTY around (2), edge CURRENT EVERYWHERE (Atkins p.27, 9a; D&H Essex 8a), edge plain not in collar (Conder p.233, 195; Atkins p.27, 9b; D&H Essex 8b). First toned, good extremely fine, old number inked onto the obverse, others extremely fine, last very rare. (3)

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