Engraved Coins, Women, engraved halfpennies (7), Jaen Richadson 1781, rev. lovebird; Jenny Wagstaff, heart, rev. Mottram 1770; Judith Pender March the 10 1785, rev. basket of flowers; Mary Anne Holden Born June 9 1817 London, rev. scrolled armorial shield; Phila Frank 1785, rev. above heart, alphabet in 3 lines; Elizabeth Bright Born Feb: 9 1777, rev. lovebird; within wreath held by love-bird, Ann McCarty, rev. 1805; and on Richardson, Goodluck & Co token of 1795, around rose, "Mary Richardson May the 16 1796", generally fine to very fine (8)
Mary Richardson believed the daughter of the Richardson of Richardson, Goodluck & Co., who ran the State Lottery Office, Cornhill & Charing Cross, "the Only Office that Ever Sold, in Shares, Two Prizes of Thirty Thousand Pounds: State Lottery, 1799 ... the Tickets in the Irish and English State-lotteries are on Sale...". The alphabet on the 5th perhaps a trial of sorts – it lacks some letters and repeats others.
(200-300 GBP)