Watch List notes:

The Hardcastle Collection | Suffolk, Ipswich, Robert Mannings, Proof Halfpenny, in silver, Ipswich Coat-of-Arms, rev. GOD PRESERVE THE PLOUGH & SAIL, ship and plough at centre, edge lettered, 29mm., 9.27g, 6h (cf. D&H 34), stained and discoloured, otherwise a circulation pocket-piece, fine, and seemingly unpublished in this metal; also, The Fox and the Stork, An 18th Century silver gaming counter or gateway ticket depicting Aesop's fable, fox right, head backturned, rev. stork prancing, 10.27g, 12h, countermark below fox and splotchy tone to reverse, otherwise interesting, fair to almost fine (2).

Estimate: £30 - £50