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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2177

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 460 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Robert Reynolds & Company, (d. 1805), ribbon weaver, with locations in Coventry, and Cheapside, London, Copper Halfpenny (8), obv Lady Godiva riding a horse, PRO BONO PUBLICO around, 1792, large date, closely spaced, large letters in legend, dot after legend close to horses's tail, Godiva's head equidistant between O of BONO and P of PUBLICO, tip of the horse's ear between B and O of BONO (3), rev elephant and castle (armorial bearings of the city of Coventry), COVENTRY HALFPENNY around, small ear and trunk on elephant, upper left of castle aligns to right of Y of COVENTRY, triangular dot after HALFPENNY, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (Conder p.167, 66; Pye p.15, 3; Virt p.62; Atkins p.220, 171; D&H Warwickshire 231); rev upper left of castle under Y of COVENTRY, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (Atkins p.220, 172; D&H Warwickshire 232); rev upper left of castle aligns to right of Y of COVENTRY, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (Atkins p.220, 173; D&H Warwickshire 233); obv large date, wide spaced (3), rev upper left of castle aligns to right of Y of COVENTRY, edge NUNEATON BEDWORTH AND HINKLEY (Atkins p.220, 174; D&H Warwickshire 234); rev no dot after HALFPENNY (2), edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (Atkins p.220, 175; D&H Warwickshire 235); edge NUNEATON BEDWORTH AND HINKLEY (D&H Warwickshire 235a); obv no dot after legend, rev no dot after HALFPENNY, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (Atkins p.220, 176; D&H Warwickshire 236); obv small date, wide spaced, small letters in legend, stop after legend, rev upper left of castle aligns under base of Y of COVENTRY, upper right under first limb of A of HALFPENNY, no dot or stop after HALFPENNY, Y of HALFPENNY close to tail of elephant, protuberance near centre of the tail and a tuft at the end, edge PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL (Conder p.167, 67; Atkins p.221, 178; D&H Warwickshire 238). D&H 231 with a small spot, otherwise good extremely fine with some colour remaining, D&H 232 from the fractured reverse die, extremely fine and patinated, D&H 234 with minor scrapes and a few rough patches, otherwise very fine, D&H 235a nearly very fine and exceptionally rare, D&H 236 with a patch of corrosion on the reverse, otherwise extremely fine, the others about good extremely fine. (8)

D&H 231 ex Jan Collection

D&H 232, D&H 233, D&H 234, D&H 236, D&H 237 ex Lincoln Collection

D&H 235 ex Hamer Collection

Estimate: £150-200
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