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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2178

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 180 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 (6), obv Lady Godiva riding a horse, PRO BONO PUBLICO around, 1792, large date, rev elephant and castle (armorial bearings of the city of Coventry), COVENTRY HALFPENNY around, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (Atkins p.220, 175; D&H Warwickshire 235); obv 1794, medium date, small letters in legend, rosette after legend (2), rev ancient cross, COV. CROSS on base, COVENTRY HALFPENNY around, angle of the steps under the cross on the left points between C and O of COV, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (Conder p.167, 70; Pye p.15, 3; Virt p.62; Atkins p.222, 186; D&H Warwickshire 248); rev angle of the steps under the cross on the left points between V of COV, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (D&H Warwickshire 249); obv 1795, medium date, small letters in legend, elongated dot after legend (3), rev elephant and castle, COVENTRY HALFPENNY around, small ear and trunk on elephant, no dot or stop after HALFPENNY, Y of HALFPENNY above tail of elephant, no protuberance nor tuft on the tail (2), edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL (Atkins p.222, 187; D&H Warwickshire 250); edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLACKE (Atkins p.222, 187a; D&H Warwickshire 250a); rev ancient cross, COVY. CROSS on base, COVENTRY HALFPENNY around, small Y of COVY, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO (Atkins p.222, 188; D&H Warwickshire 251). Generally very fine to extremely fine, D&H 250 scarce, D&H 248, 249 and 250a rare. (6)

Estimate: £150-200
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