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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2279

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 150 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Uncertain Issuer, Imitation Copper Halfpenny (14), forge reverse, 1793, obv bust right, IOHN WILKINSON IRON MASTER around, ribbed coat with collar, upper tie of queue points between N of IOHN and W of WILKINSON, rev man working at a forge, 1 to the left of edge of the support, 3 under anvil, flat top to 1, no pivot and bands to hammer, large date, edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (D&H Warwickshire 401); obv nose to centre of M (5), rev sloping top to 1 (2), edge PAYABLE AT ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (Atkins p.231, 276b; D&H Warwickshire 403); edge milled over PAYABLE AT ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (D&H Warwickshire 403a); rev flat top to 1 (3), edge PAYABLE AT ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (D&H Warwickshire 404); edge PAYABLE AT S. SALMON I. COURTNEY AND S FROST PORTSEA (D&H Warwickshire 404a); edge PAYABLE AT SHARP PORTSMOUTH AND CHALDECOTT CHICHESTER (D&H Warwickshire 404b); obv upper tie of queue points to W of WILKINSON (4), edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (Atkins p.231, 277a; D&H Warwickshire 406); edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL (D&H Warwickshire 406a); edge PAYABLE AT MACCLESFIELD LIVERPOOL OR CONGLETON (Atkins p.231, 277e; D&H Warwickshire 406b); edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND ONE HALFPENNY (Atkins p.231, 277f; D&H Warwickshire 406c); obv lower tie to H of IOHN (4), edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OF LIVERPOOL (D&H Warwickshire 407); edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLACKE (Atkins p.231, 277d; D&H Warwickshire 407a); edge PAYABLE AT S. SALMON I. COURTNEY AND E. FROST PORTSEA (D&H Warwickshire 407b); edge milled (D&H Warwickshire 407c). D&H 404a with a semi-circular row of punches on the reverse, nearly very fine for issue, D&H 404b bent, otherwise fine for issue, D&H 407b cleaned and lacquered, very fine, others generally very fine, D&H 403, 403a, 404a, 404b and 406 rare, D&H 404, and 406c very rare, D&H 406a extremely rare. (14)

D&H403, D&H 403a, D&H 404a, D&H 404b, D&H 406b, D&H 407c ex Dalton Collection

D&H 406c ex Valentine Collection

D&H 407 ex Dudman Collection

D&H 407b ex Yeates Collection, ex Spink
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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