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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2269

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 300 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Uncertain Issuer, Copper Halfpenny (5), obv bust left, WARWICKSHIRE around, six buttons on coat, rev female seated left holding cornucopia filled with fruit, HALFPENNY above, partial ship in left field, 1791, female's head not touching P of HALFPENNY, edge plain (Conder p.161, 5; Atkins p.206, 26; D&H Warwickshire 46); obv stop some distance after legend, rev partial ship in left field, female's head touches P of HALFPENNY, edge plain in collar (Atkins p.206, 27; D&H Warwickshire 47); obv stop very close to E of WARWICKSHIRE, edge plain, in collar (Pye p.47, 9; Virt p.119; Atkins p.206, 28; D&H Warwickshire 48); obv five buttons on coat, no stop after legend, rev figure of Vulcan seated, HALFPENNY above, 1792 (2), edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL . X . (Conder p.161, 6; Atkins p.206, 29; D&H Warwickshire 49); edge plain (D&H Warwickshire 49a). Generally good extremely fine, D&H 48, 49a very rare, an excellent group. (5)

D&H 46, D&H 48, D&H 49 ex Dalton Collection

D&H 47 ex Daniels Collection

D&H 49a, ex Waite-Sanderson Collection, acquired by F S Cokayne 14 December 1944 for 15/-
A good many of the imitation tokens and mules listed can likely be traced to the shop of William Lutwyche. However, at this point it is purely conjecture so, for the time being, they remain listed as having uncertain origin.

Estimate: £200-300
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