Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, WALES, Parys Mine Company,Thomas Williams, (1737-1802), attorney and businessman, part owner and managing partner of the Parys and Mona Mine Companies of Anglesey Copper Halfpenny, 1790, Druid's head left within oak wreath, twenty-two acorns in wreath, eleven each side, double acorns between tie and a leaf below bust, rev P M Co cypher, 1790, THE ANGLESEY MINES HALFPENNY above, 1 points to second limb of second N of HALFPENNY, 0 under first limb of H of THE, apex of second ascender of M of PMCo points just to right of centre of 0, edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL . X . (Conder p.4, 27; Atkins p.281, 204; D&H Anglesey 384). Nearly as made and with substantial original colour, rare.

D&H 384 ex Jan Collection
Williams effectively gained control of the entire operations of the Parys Mountain and, later, the Cornish Metal Company, giving him a near monopoly over the development and production of copper and the copper trade in Great Britain.

Estimate: £200-300