British Tokens, Eighteenth Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Coventry, Kempson's buildings series, halfpennies, 1797 (19), rev. City arms and crest, obvs. remains of Cathedral; Grey Friars steeple; St John's Church; Trinity Church; White Friars; Cook Street Gate; Grey Friars Gate; Mill Lane Gate; Spon Gate; White Friars Gate; Bablake Hospital; the Barracks; the Cross; Drapers' Hall; Ford's Hospital; St Mary Hall; Free School (old front); Free School (new front); County Hall (DH.257/259/261/264/267a/269/272/274/277/279/282a/284/286/289/291/293/295/297a/300), good extremely fine or better, all bronzed except DH.286, this lustrous; a desirable group comprising all the obverse die types and at least one example of the four standard-type reverses used for the series (19)
*DH.259 and 300 ex A.W. Jan
the lot ex Baldwin's vault
Estimate: 700-900 GBP