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, obv a scroll inscribed READY MONEY ONLY within a circle, WOOD & Co. LINEN DRAPERS around, rev a perspective view of buildings and a street, BATH STREET above, edge milled over EMSWORTH HALFPENNY PAYABLE BY IOHN STRIDE (D&H Somersetshire 67c). Some spots and a little verdigris, otherwise better than extremely fine with original colour remaining, exceedingly rare.

ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 5 April 1907 from Glendining, lot 136 (part)
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: £150-200