Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, George Sargeant, slopseller, with a shop on Half Moon Street, Portsea, Copper Halfpenny (12), 1794, obv shield with hand grasping a javelin, PORTSEA HALFPENNY . 1794 around, point of the javelin just above second limb of A of PORTSEA (7), rev ship under sail right (3), edge plain (Conder p.43, 23; Atkins p.41, 44a; D&H Hampshire 68a); edge AT GEORGE EDWARD SARGEANTS PORTSEA and engrailed (Atkins p.41, 45; D&H Hampshire 69), edge PAYABLE AT THE STORE OF + + + + (Atkins p.41, 45a; D&H Hampshire 69a); rev ship under sail right, PAYABLE above, upper and lower portholes are aligned (2), edge AT GEORGE EDWARD SARGEANTS PORTSEA and engrailed (Atkins p.41, 46; D&H Hampshire 70), edge plain (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Hampshire 70a); rev ship under sail right, PAYABLE above, top of the masthead touches first limb of A of PAYABLE, edge AT GEORGE EDWARD SARGEANTS PORTSEA and engrailed (Atkins p.41, 48; D&H Hampshire 71); rev ship under sail right, PAYABLE above, top of the masthead to the left of A of PAYABLE, edge AT GEORGE EDWARD SARGEANTS PORTSEA and engrailed (Atkins p.41, 47; D&H Hampshire 72); obv shield with hand grasping a javelin, point of the javelin touches first limb of A of PORTSEA, rev ship under sail right, PAYABLE above, top of the masthead to the left of A of PAYABLE, single row of portholes, no stern lantern (3), edge PAYABLE AT S, SALMONS I COURTNEY & E FROST PORTSEA X (D&H Hampshire 74), edge PAYABLE AT ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (D&H Hampshire 74a), edge LONDON LIVERPOOL OR MONTROSE (D&H Hampshire 74b); obv shield with hand grasping a javelin, point of the javelin above first limb of A of PORTSEA, rev ship under sail right, top of the masthead to the left of A of PAYABLE, upper and lower portholes unaligned (2), edge PAYABLE IN LONDON BRISTOL & LANCASTER - X - (D&H Hampshire 75b), edge SARGEANTS PORTSEA (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Hampshire 75c). Generally very fine to extremely fine, D&H 71 rare, D&H 68a, 69a, 74 and 74a very rare, D&H 70a, 74b, 75b and 75c exceedingly rare. (12)

D&H 74 ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 31 December 1916 for 15/-

Estimate: £300-500