Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Lutwyche, (1754-1801), toymaker, later token manufacturer, Temple Row and St Philip churchyard, Copper Halfpenny (14), Princess of Wales (7), obv bust left, PRINCESS OF WALES, no earring in left ear, rev crest of the Prince of Wales above portcullis, 1795, HALF PENNY, lower ring in the chains terminates opposite lowest bar of portcullis (2), edge milled to right (Atkins p.167; D&H Middlesex 977); edge PAYABLE AT CHARLES HEATHS RAGMAKER COLCHESTER . X . (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Middlesex 977b); obv earring in left ear, rev lower ring terminates above lowest bar of portcullis, edge milled to right (D&H Middlesex 979); obv no earing (4), rev crest of the Prince of Wales, 1795, MAY THE UNION BE CROWNED WITH HAPPINESS +, edge PAYABLE AT DUBLIN CORK OR BELFAST. XX . (Atkins p.378, 170b; D&H Middlesex 981b); rev crest of the Prince of Wales, ICH DIEN. HALFPENNY above, 1795 (2), edge AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS'D OR ALL NATIONS (D&H Middlesex 982b); edge plain (Conder p.241, 260; Atkins p.378, 171a; D&H Middlesex 982c); rev two hands joined, MAY SLAVERY & OPPRESSION CEASE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD *, edge plain (Conder p.241, 261; Atkins p.378, 172; D&H Middlesex 983); Duke of York (6), obv bust left, DUKE OF YORK, rev female standing, GOD SEND PEACE, edge plain (Conder p.243, 278; Virt p.81; Atkins p.379, 177; D&H Middlesex 984); obv bust of the Duke of York right, HALFPENNY 1795, FREDK. DUKE OF YORK, no stop after YORK, rev ship under sail left, THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND (4), edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL (Atkins p.379, 178; D&H Middlesex 985); edge PAYABLE AT LONDON OR DUBLIN . + . + . + .+ . + . (Atkins p.379, 178a; D&H Middlesex 985a); edge plain (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Middlesex 985c); edge milled to right (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Middlesex 985d); edge PAYABLE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES (D&H Middlesex 985e); obv stop after YORK, rev ship under sail right, THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND around, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON . + . +. (Conder p.243, 280; Pye p.51, 3; Virt p.80; Atkins p.379, 179; D&H Middlesex 986). Fine to good extremely fine, D&H 977, 985a and 986 with original colour, D&H 979 very rare, D&H 981b, 982b, 982c, 985c and 985d extremely rare. (14)

D&H 981b ex Lincoln Number 1 Collection, acquired by F S Cokayne 25 April 1934 for 5/-

D&H 982b ex Yeates Collection, acquired by F S Cokayne 10 March 1922 for 21/-

D&H 982c ex F S Cokayne Collection

D&H 985c, D&H 985d ex Clements Collection, acquired by F S Cokayne 31 December 1936 for 15/- each
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: £150-250