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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2176

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 260 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Reynolds & Company, (Coalbrook Dale), Richard Reynolds (1735-1816) ironmaster, and his sons William Reynolds (1758-1803), inventor of the inclined plane, and Joseph Reynolds (1768-1859), managing partner of the Ketley Iron Works, Shropshire, Copper Halfpenny (6), 1792, all edge PAYABLE AT COALBROOK-DALE AND KETLEY, obv a bridge with ship sailing under, ERECTED ANNO. 1779 . SPAN 100 FEET, IRON BRIDGE AT COALBROOK DALE . 1792, right edge of bridge to space between O and K of COALBROOK, lamps on the bridge have triangular supports (3), rev man working at an inclined plane, INCLINED PLANE AT KETLEY 1789, no stop after KETLEY or date, A under second limb of N, 1 under second limb of K, 9 under L (Atkins p.166, 9; D&H Shropshire 9); rev stop after KETLEY (Atkins p.166, 11; D&H Shropshire 12); rev stop after KETLEY and after date, A under the space between N and C, 1 under K (Atkins p.166, 12; D&H Shropshire 13); obv right edge of bridge to centre of K of COALBROOK (Atkins p.166, 14; D&H Shropshire 15); obv lamps on the bridge have single supports (2), rev no stop after KETLEY or date, A under the second limb of N, 9 under last limb of L (Atkins p.166, 15; D&H Shropshire 16); rev AT under CL, 9 under first limb of L (Conder p.128, 4; Virt p.43; Atkins p.166, 16; D&H Shropshire 17). D&H 9 from a fractured reverse die, minor marks, otherwise good extremely fine, some faded colour remaining, D&H 12 with a number inked onto the reverse, otherwise good extremely fine, some faded colour remaining, others generally very fine to good extremely fine, D&H 13 very rare. (6)

D&H 13, D&H 16 ex Dalton Collection

D&H 17 ex Hamer Collection

Estimate: £150-200
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