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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2272

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 140 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Uncertain Issuer, Imitation Copper Halfpenny (8), obv female seated on rock holding a fasces, BIRMINGHAM MINING AND COPPER COMPANY around, 1792, point of laurel wreath slightly to left and under first limb of A, rev stork on a cornucopia, HALFPENNY PAYABLE AT around, head of the stork to centre of space between Y of HALFPENNY and P of PAYABLE, tail of the cornucopia to centre of B of PAYABLE (2), edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (Atkins p.211, 70a; D&H Warwickshire 108a); edge plain, not in collar (Atkins p.211, 70d; D&H Warwickshire 108c); obv point of laurel wreath between G and A, rev head of the stork to right of centre of space between Y of HALFPENNY and P of PAYABLE, edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (Atkins p.212, 72a; D&H Warwickshire 110a); obv right corner of the fasces aligns to first limb of D of AND (3), edge PAYABLE AT LONDON OR ANGLESEY (Atkins p.212, 73d; D&H Warwickshire 111c); edge PAYABLE || || || AT || || || LONDON || || || ANGLESEY || || || (Atkins p.212, 73e; D&H Warwickshire 111d); edge engrailed (Atkins p.212, 73f; D&H Warwickshire 111e); obv 1794, point of laurel wreath to left of the A, rev tail of the cornucopia between B and L of PAYABLE (2), edge PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE (D&H Warwickshire 117); edge BIRMINGHAM REDRUTH OR SWANSEA and symbols of the zodiac (D&H Warwickshire 117a). D&H 108a and 108c from the fractured obverse die, D&H 108c a little rough, otherwise fine, D&H 111c fine, others very fine to extremely fine, D&H 111c and 111e rare, D&H 108c, 110a, 117 and 117a very rare. (8)

D&H 108c, D&H 110a, D&H 111c ex Dalton Collection
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: £150-200
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