Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Thomas Sharp, (1751-c.1813), mercer and draper, Portsmouth. He partnered with his brother-in-law, Thomas Chaldecott in an earlier run of tokens in 1794, Copper Halfpenny, 1797, obv Neptune placing a laurel wreath on the head of a man sitting on a rock, lower edge of the mans coat forms an irregular line, only a couple of ripples in the water, rev SR. JOHN JERVIS WITH 15 SAIL PURSUED & DEFEATED THE SPANISH FLEET OF 27 SAIL OF THE LINE FEBRUARY 14th. 1797, PURSUED correctly spelt, 1 of 14th straight, 2 of 27 under second limb of H of THE, edge PAYABLE AT S SALMONS I COURTNEY & F FROST (D&H unlisted, Cokayne as D&H Hampshire 64b). Very fine and exceedingly rare, no other example traced.

ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 25 December 1937 for 42/-

Estimate: £150-200