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Auction 153 4 Dec 2018
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18th Century Tokens
Leicestershire, Elmsthorpe, Richard Fowke, Halfpenny, 1800, ruins of church, rev. wheatsheaf, plough and harrow, edge plain, 18.27g/12h (DH 2). Heavy flan, small b punched sideways under date, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, very rare £900-1,200
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Provenance: Baldwin 'Basement' Part II, Baldwin Auction 97, 29 September 2015, lot 1179.
Most specimens of Fowke's private token weigh just over 16 grammes; the significance of the weight of this example is unclear. The b punchmark possibly represents one-time ownership by the eccentric Manchester dealer D.T. Batty (†1896), who is also known to have inked his catalogue numbers on tokens in his personal collection
Leicestershire, Elmsthorpe, Richard Fowke, Halfpenny, 1800, ruins of church, rev. wheatsheaf, plough and harrow, edge plain, 18.27g/12h (DH 2). Heavy flan, small b punched sideways under date, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, very rare £900-1,200
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Provenance: Baldwin 'Basement' Part II, Baldwin Auction 97, 29 September 2015, lot 1179.
Most specimens of Fowke's private token weigh just over 16 grammes; the significance of the weight of this example is unclear. The b punchmark possibly represents one-time ownership by the eccentric Manchester dealer D.T. Batty (†1896), who is also known to have inked his catalogue numbers on tokens in his personal collection