Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Lutwyche, (1754-1801), toymaker, later token manufacturer, Temple Row and St Philip churchyard, Copper Halfpenny mule (6), obv bust of the Duke of York right, HALFPENNY 1795 below, FREDK. DUKE OF YORK, no stop after YORK (3), rev crest of the Prince of Wales, ICH DIEN. HALFPENNY, 1794, no stop after HALFPENNY, edge plain (Conder p.243, 283; Atkins p.379, 182; D&H Middlesex 988); rev female seated, HALFPENNY, 1794, edge plain (Conder p.244, 286; Atkins p.379, 183; D&H Middlesex 989); rev female seated, ship in the background, RULE BRITANNIA 1797, edge plain (Atkins p.379, 184; D&H Middlesex 990); obv stop after YORK (3), rev female seated, HALFPENNY, 1790 below (2), edge plain and edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (Conder p.243, 284, 285; Atkins p.379, 185, 186; D&H Middlesex 991, 992); rev female seated, MAY IRELAND EVER FLOURISH, edge plain (D&H Middlesex 993). Generally very fine to extremely fine, D&H 993 extremely rare. (6)

D&H 991 ex Hamer Collection

D&H 993 ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 20 April 1928
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: £120-150