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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2280

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 240 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Uncertain Issuer, Imitation Copper Halfpenny (13), forge reverse, 1793, obv bust right, IOHN WILKINSON IRON MASTER around, ribbed coat with collar, four buttons on coat, upper tie of queue points between the N of IOHN and W of WILKINSON, rev man working at a forge, no pivot and bands to hammer, frame on left supporting hammer intersects the hammer at an angle, low 3 in date, small date, edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY (Atkins p.231, 275; D&H Warwickshire 409); obv upper tie of queue points to second limb of N of IOHN, rev frame on left supporting hammer intersects the hammer vertically (2), edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY (D&H Warwickshire 410); edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY, with o between the words (D&H Warwickshire 410a); obv plain coat, upper tie of queue points to the N of IOHN, rev no pivot and bands to hammer, small date (3), edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY (Atkins p.232, 280; D&H Warwickshire 411); edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY with o between the words (Atkins p.232, 280a; D&H Warwickshire 411a); edge plain (D&H Warwickshire 411d); obv ribbed coat, upper tie of queue points to W of WILKINSON, edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY (Atkins p.231, 274; D&H Warwickshire 412); obv nose to second limb of M, edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY (D&H Warwickshire 413); obv upper tie of queue points between N of IOHN and W of WILKINSON, edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY (D&H Warwickshire 414); obv upper tie of queue points between N of IOHN and W of WILKINSON, blunt end to queue (2), edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY (Atkins p.231, 273; D&H Warwickshire 415); edge BIRMINGHAM REDRUTH AND SWANSEA (D&H Warwickshire 415a); obv upper tie of queue points between N of IOHN and W of WILKINSON, pointed end to queue (2), edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY (Conder p.173, 126; Atkins p.230, 272; D&H Warwickshire 416); edge plain (D&H Warwickshire 416c). D&H 410a with scratches, otherwise very fine, others generally fine to nearly extremely fine, D&H 410a, 411a, 412 and 413 rare, D&H 415 and 416c very rare, D&H 414 extremely rare. (13)

D&H 409, D&H 410a, D&H 411, D&H 411d, D&H 413, D&H 415, D&H 416c ex Dalton Collection

D&H 410 ex Daniels Collection

D&H 411a ex Regan 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: £200-300
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