Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Gilbert Pidcock, (1743-1810), owner and operator of a traveling menagerie and, later, of a permanent exhibition on The Strand, in London, Copper Halfpenny (6), obv elephant left, * PIDCOCKS * * above, EXHIBITION below (2), rev two-headed cow right, EXETER CHANGE + STRAND LONDON + around, similar to Middlesex 422 but with +'s instead of *'s, edge milled (Conder p.94, 196; Pye p.32, 9; Virt p.26; Atkins p.106, 308; D&H Middlesex 423); rev toucan on a branch, TO . THE . CURIOUS . OBSERVERS . OF . NATURAL . PHAENOMENA around, edge plain (Atkins p.106, 311; D&H Middlesex 426); obv lion with a dog on its back, LION AND DOG . around, 1801 . below, rev monkey sitting, THE WAN - - DEROW, 1801 below, * PIDCOCKs * GRAND MENAGERIE EXETER CHANGE LONDON around, edge plain (Atkins p.107, 316; D&H Middlesex 431); obv antelope standing left, * PIDCOCK'S * EXHIBITION * ALIVE. Around, 1795, rev ostrich standing left, * EXETER CHANGE STRAND LONDON * around, edge plain, not in collar (Atkins p.108, 330a; D&H Middlesex 447a); obv two-headed cow, standing right, EXETER CHANGE * STRAND LONDON * around (2), rev toucan on a branch, TO . THE . CURIOUS . OBSERVERS . OF . NATURAL . PHAENOMENA around, edge plain (Conder p.272, 76; Atkins p.108, 336; D&H Middlesex 454); rev royal arms and crest, LONDON & MIDDLESEX HALFPENNY around, edge plain (Conder p.272, 75; Atkins p.108, 337; D&H Middlesex 455). Generally extremely fine, D&H 426, 447a, 454 and 455 with some colour remaining. (6)

D&H 454 ex Lincoln Collection

Estimate: £250-300