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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2066

Estimate: 70 GBP
Price realized: 120 GBP
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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), For General Convenience, 1795, obv helmeted bust right, FOR GENERAL CONVENIENCE around, rev shield of arms, HALFPENNY TOKEN 1795 around, edge plain (D&H Middlesex 1018b); edge milled over FEAR GOD AND HONOUR THE KING (D&H Middlesex 1018c). About extremely fine and extremely rare. (2)

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: £70-90
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