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 Halfpenny, obv an ancient cross, COVENTRY CROSS * ERECTED 1544 TAKEN DOWN 1771 around, type one reverse, elephant and castle on a shield, crest a leopard, arms of COVENTRY 17 97 around, P KEMPSON FECIT, no stop after COVENTRY, no stop between P and KEMPSON, edge COVENTRY TOKEN (Conder p.169, 81; Virt p.205; Atkins p.224, 203; D&H Warwickshire 286). Trifling marks, otherwise nearly 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: £500-700