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, Silver Penny, 1797, obv Gloucester Cathedral, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL around, FIRST BUILT 1061 in exergue, rev shield of arms, CITY TOKEN and P. KEMPSON FECIT either side, arms of GLOUCESTER . 1797 around, edge plain (Conder p.37, 1; Virt p.233; Atkins p.31, 1; D&H Gloucestershire 1). Minor blemishes, otherwise essentially as made and attractively toned.

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: £700-900