Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Lutwyche, (1754-1801), toymaker, later token manufacturer, Temple Row and St Philip churchyard, Imitation Copper Halfpenny (5), obv bust of Charles Roe right, CHARLES ROE ESTABLISHED THE COPPER WORKS 1758 around, three buttons on coat, edge of coat in line with first limb of K of WORKS, last button over the centre of K, four folds in collar, line of shoulder between 1 and 7 of date, rev figure of Vulcan seated at work, HALFPENNY . above, 1792, Y of HALFPENNY above the bar, stop opposite top pennant, te hammer midway between P and E of HALFPENNY, edge PAYABLE AT G. GILBERTS NORTHIAM (Conder p.153, 19; Atkins p.15, 50; D&H Cheshire 76); obv female seated with right hand on a screw, left hand on a cogwheel, MACCLESFIELD HALFPENNY above, 1792, head of the figure below D MACCLESFIELD and space before HALFPENNY, six spokes to cogwheel, the top bar of windlass points to first limb of second N of HALFPENNY, lower bar points to space after HALFPENNY, rev bust of William Pitt to right, WILLIAM . PIT . P.M. around, edge plain (Conder p.24, 18; Atkins p.15, 53; D&H Cheshire 79); obv helmeted bust right, SR. BEVOIS SOUTHAMPTON around, no plume on helmet, rev figure of Justice seated holding pair of scales, MEDALS & PROVINCIAL COINS, DEA PECUNIA, edge plain (Conder p.44, 30; Atkins p.43, 59; D&H Hampshire 90); obv bust right, SR. BEVOIS SOUTHAMPTON around, rev female seated with right hand on a screw, left hand on a cogwheel, HALFPENNY above, 1796, the head under PE of HALFPENNY, cogwheel has six spokes, edge plain (2) (Conder p.44, 31, 32; Atkins p.43, 60, 61; D&H Hampshire 91, 92). Generally very fine to extremely fine for issue. (5)

Lutwyche was active in the production of tokens from 1791 until 1801 and seems to have had more individual commissions for than any other manufacturer. His output of more than 65 tons of "legitimate provincial coins" was exceeded only by that of Thomas Williams, the consortium of Westwood and Hancock, and that of Matthew Boulton. He frequently combined dies then in his possession to produce various mules, concocted numerous specious issues, and has been attributed with manufacturing the bulk of evasions and lightweight coppers that appeared toward the end of the 18th Century

Estimate: £100-150