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 (5), 1791, all edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY OR LONDON and engrailed, obv Druid's head left within thin oak wreath, eighteen acorns in wreath, four acorns at tie, rev P M Co cypher, 1791, THE ANGLESEY MINES HALFPENNY, first 1 points slightly to left of second limb of second N of HALFPENNY (D&H Anglesey 386); rev second 1 points slightly to left of first limb of H of THE (Atkins p.282, 207; D&H Anglesey 387); rev second 1 points towards first limb of H of THE (D&H Anglesey 389); rev apex of second ascender of M of PMCo points to centre of foot of 1 (Conder p.5, 29; Pye p.3, 8; Atkins p.282, 206; D&H Anglesey 390); rev apex of second ascender of M of PMCo points to right of 1 (D&H Anglesey 391). Generally extremely fine to good extremely fine, D&H 391 nearly as made, D&H 389 rare. (5)

D&H 387 ex Hamer 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