Baldwin & Sons
Auction 102 4 October 2016
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Lutwyche, (1754-1801), toymaker, later token manufacturer, Temple Row and St Philip churchyard, White Metal Penny, 1794, obv The Tower of London, hand holding a pair of scales above, THOS. HARDY ACQUITTED NOV 5. 1794 in exergue, rev names of the jurymen, JURORS. THOS. BUCK. THOS. WOOD. WM. FRAZER. ADAM STAINMETZ. JOHN CONNOP. JOHN MERCER. THOS. SAYER. RICHD. CARTER NATL. STONARD. JOSH. NICOL. JON. CHARRINGTON. JOSH. AINSLEY between crossed branches, edge plain (D&H Middlesex 206). Essentially as struck and retaining some brilliance, very rare.
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: £300-400
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: £300-400