Market Tokens, Traders Tokens and Hop Tokens (84) comprising Hop Tokens (60) many different types included, mainly Kent issues, includes square and octagonal types, Fair to VF, many with attribution tickets, Market Tokens (9) Four Shillings W&A Chapman heart-shaped (2) VF, Ten Shillings W.Bruce, Spitalfields Octagonal Fine, Shilling J.Pearson square, Good Fine, J.Sudders Van Good Fine, C.T.Holmes Van, Fine, Shilling D.W.Wakefield VG/Fine, Sixpence Edwin Plowman Fine, Two Shillings Major Bros. Fine, Traders Tokens (15) all Birmingham types, includes George Jackson (2), J.C.Brindley, Walter J.Smith, Francis Nicholls Ltd., Daniell, John V.White, F.A.Pope, George Holder (2), E. Drouet & Co. S.A.Daniell, E. Hemming Ltd, Randall Bros. and R. Whitaker, square, octagonal and oval issues included, in mixed grades Fine to VF
Toll Tokens (2) Scarborough - One Shilling Lady Edith's Drive, undated 40mm diameter in brass, uniface, Eightpence Lady Edith's Drive, undated 40mm diameter in brass, uniface, both EF and lustrous, Shilling The Yorkshire Traction Co. Ltd 25mm diameter in white plastic VF, Sixpence Rutherford's Cafe - Beverley 26mm diameter in brass, by Ardill, Leeds, NEF, and a Threepence token/counter in brass 17mm diameter, undated, uniface, NVF
Sixpences 19th Century (4) Wiltshire - Marlborough 1811, Reverse: Four clasped hands, Davis 5, Fine, cleaned and with old adhesive stain, bent and straightened, Somerset (3) Bristol 1811 Arms and supporters, Davis 49, Fine, Bristol 1811 Davis 45 About Fine, Bristol undated, Reverse: MORGAN LICENSED MAKER 12 RATHBONE PLACE LONDON Davis 54 Near Fine, the reverse with some scratches
Sixpence19th CenturyLeicestershire - Leicester 1811 Obverse: Arms of Leicester, SIX PENNY SILVER TOKEN, Reverse: DERBY, LEICESTER, and RUTLAND SIX-PENNY TOKEN 1811, MORGAN LICENSED MAKER 12 RATHBONE PLACE LONDON, Davis 5, Near Fine with some slight weakness in the centre
Tokens, Medalets, Gaming Counters, Weights, Jetons a wide variety (126) includes Medal - Russia 300 Years of the Romanov dynasty 1613-1913 29mm diameter in brass VF with suspension loop, Communion Token Earlstown Kirk 1832 Fine/VF, Gaming Counters 'To Hanover' 22mm diameter (19) 1830, 1837 (11), 1849, 1853, 1862, 1867 (3), 1868, 'To Hanover' 18mm diameter 1837 (2), Gaming Counters George III 'Spade' Guinea style (14) 1701 (3), 1768, 1770, 1790 (7, one holed), 1797 (2), Gaming Counters George III 'Spade' Half Guinea style (17) undated (2), 1701, 1768 (2), 1788 (4, one with scalloped edge), 1790, 1794, 1794 Simcox, 1795 Simcox (3), 1789, 1799, Whist Counters Victorian (3), two with 'Keep Your Temper' legends George III Contemporary Counterfeits in base metal (11) Three ShillingBank Token 1812, Shillings (9) 1816, 1818 (2), 1819 (4), 1820 (2) and Sixpence 1818, Satirical Tokens (5) 1830 Earl Grey 'By Trampling on Liberty I Lost The Reins (2), 1831 William IV 'By Trampling on Liberty I Lost The Reins' (3), Death of George IV 1830 24mm diameter in brass (2), Death of Queen Caroline 1821 27mm diameter in brass (2), Rechenpfennig Token (2) William III undated 19mm diameter in brass by Weidinger, the reverse in thew style of a William and Mary Shilling, William and Mary 18mm diameter in brass, undated Obverse: William III, Reverse Mary II, Medalet, Marriage of Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Denmark 1863, Victoria Counter Tokens (8) Obverse: Young Head of Victoria, Reverse Prince of Wales Feathers, three within a crown, one within a cartouche, Obverse: Young Head of Queen Victoria, Reverse: Double headed Eagle with shield on breast (4), Medalets (3), The Great Exhibition Building Opened 1862 (2), 1809 George III Reigns by Kettle 24mm diameter in copper, in mixed circulated grades, an interesting and wide ranging group
Medals and Tokens (102) includes gaming counters, machine tokens, a small group of Madgeburg medallions (5), a bracelet with Victorian Silver coins attached (11) Halfcrown 1897, Florin 1893, Shillings (3) 1867, 1893, 1895, Sixpences (2) 1893, 1896, Groat 1846, Threepences (2) 1841, 1896, and MaundyTwopence 1843, a small group of GB and World 17th to 20th Century, in mixed grades
18th Century (44) a mixed group : SixpenceNottinghamshire - Arnold 1791 Davison and Hawksley's, Obverse: a fleece suspended from an apple tree, Reverse: a Roman fasces with an axe, a spear and cap of Liberty DH4 Good Fine, Halfpennies 18th Century (40) Sussex - Northiam 1794 DH34 NEF, Cheshire - Chester, Kempson (2) undated DH5 NEF and undated DH6 EF, Cheshire - Macclesfield, Kempson undated DH7 (2), NEF, Oxford - Banbury undated (2) DH1 VF and GVF the first with some graffiti, Lancashire - Lancaster 1794 John of Gaunt, Star under bust, DH41 EF with traces of lustre, Hampshire (3) Emsworth 1795 Earl Howe DH30 NEF, Emsworth undated Earl Howe DH17 VF, Gosport 1796 DH43 NEF, Lincolnshire - Spalding 1794 DH5 VF, Yorkshire - Hull 1791 DH17 (2) both VF, and Hull DH23 VF, Middlesex (23) Political and Social Series - Hardy, Reverse: Legend in six lines DH1027 EF, Coventry Street 1795 Obverse: A filtering stone DH292 EF with some lustre, Richardson's 1795 Obverse: A figure of Fortune standing between two lottery wheels, DH467 (3) VF and NEF (2), Davidson's 1795 (7) Sise Lane, Reverse: A crown upon a triangle, held by two hands, Br. CONSTITUTION radiated in the centre KING . LORDS . COMMONS, Cross touches IN of KING, Edge: PAYABLE AT THE HOUSE OF T&R DAVIDSON'S, DH295 NVF to GVF, Foundling Fields 1795 (13) Obverse: A lamb within a circle FOUNDLING FIELDS 1795, Reverse: Cypher IB within a circle, PAYABLE ON DEMAND, stop after DEMAND obscured by die flaw, as normal with this issue, milled edge, DH305 NVF to EF, Farthings (3) Warwickshire 1792 John Howard DH481 (2) VF and NEF, Middlesex - The Lewisian System of Writing undated NEF, Farthing 19th Century, 19th Century Farthing Worcester 1813 John Knapp Junior Withers 1287 GVF and USA Hard Times Token 1838 AM I NOT A WOMAN AND A SISTER VG holed
GB and World Tokens (22) a varied group as follows: Australia Penny Tokens (2) 1855 E.De Carle & Co. Melbourne, Victoria KM#Tn55 Good Fine, undated (1849) Annan, Smith & Co Melbourne, Victoria, No H&S on rock, KM#Tn16.2 Good Fine, New Zealand Penny Token undated S.Hague Smith Auckland, KM#Tn63 VG, GB SussexHalfpenny 1668 Thomas Godleman W48 Fair, Sussex - ChichesterShilling Token 1811 Davis 9 Fine, gilded, Halfpenny 19th CenturyWarwickshire - Wilkinson 1791 DH352 Fine, Halfpenny 18th CenturyMiddlesex Political and Social Series 1795 DH1018, Fine/Near Fine, Canada (6) New Brunswick Penny 1843 Near Fine/Fine, New Brunswick Halfpenny 1843 Fine, pitted, Quebec Halfpenny Bank Token 'Un Sou' 1852 NVF, Nova Scotia Halfpenny Token 1832 VG, Nova Scotia Halfpenny 1815 SUCESS TO NAVIGATION & TRADE Fine, Upper Canada - Bank of Upper Canada Penny 1857 Good Fine, Countermarked (2) Lloyds Weekly Newspaper Threepence (2) the first on a host coin Ireland Penny George III, the second on a GB Halfpenny 1807 both with countermark Fine, host coins both Poor, USA Cent - Hard Times Token 1837 Henry Anderson Boot and Shoe Store , Chatham Square, New York, VF and pleasing, Sixpence Token undated, IOSEPH ISAACS, FRUIT SALESMAN, SPITALFIELDS Fine, GB Model Penny Joseph Moore Bimetallic VG holed, Farthing Token 1897 BOVRIL - Souvenir of the Longest Reign, Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee, VF, Berry's Tea Warehouse, Chichester 'EIGHT OF THESE WILL BUY AN OZ OF TEA' Fine, holed, Brass weight undated, with 1 . 7 on either side, Fine, Ancient - Kings of Syria, Selukid bronze Ae4 VG, Medals (2) Preliminaries of Peace between Great Britain and France 1801 25mm diameter in bronze, BHM 514 Fine, South Africa International Exhibition 1877 Prize Medal awarded to S.Allcock Coy Redditch 39mm diameter in bronze EF
Halfpennies18th Century (24) Middlesex 1795 Kilvington's Brunswick DH46 Good Fine/NVF, Middlesex - Mail Coach undated, Obverse: Mail Coach travelling Rev: To J.PALMER ESQ. /THIS IS INSCRIBED / AS A TOKEN OF / GRATITUDE /FOR BENFITS REC'D / FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT / OF MAIL COACHES in 8 lines DH363 Good Fine, Middlesex - Mail Coach undated, Obverse: Mail Coach travelling, Reverse AFH cypher within a wreath DH366 NVF, Kirkcudbrightshire 1793 Gatehouse, Obverse: A Griffin IMPERO on a banner above, Reverse: A large building PAYABLE AT THE HOUSE OF THOs. SCOTT DH1, VG/Near Fine, Angusshire - Dundee 1797 Obverse: A public building DUNDEE HALFPENNY, TOWN HOUSE FINISHED 1734, Reverse: View of a glass manufactory, GLASS WORKS WEST CONE FOUNDED 1788. Exergue: WRIGHT DES. DH17 Fine with a heavy contact mark on the reverse, Lothian - Edinburgh 1790 Obverse: St. Andrew and Cross, Reverse: Top thistle leaf between N and Y. DH30 Fine, Lancashire - Manchester 1793, Obverse: A porter carrying a pack, Reverse: Shield of Arms, Plain edge, DH135h, Fine, Worcestershire - Worcester 1788 Obverse: bust of George III right, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, Reverse: A shield crowns inscribed WORCESTER . AUGUST . 6.7 &8 in 4 lines M.B.F.ET.H.REX. F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T ET.E, scalloped edge, DH33 VF, Yorkshire - York 1795 Obverse: View of a cathedral Exergue: YORK 1795, Reverse: View of a castle and a drawbridge CLIFFORD'S TOWER DH63 VG, Wiltshire - Salisbury 1796 Obverse: View of a church CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SARUM, Reverse: Grocer's Arms and supporters, FINE TEAS &C. Edge: PAYABLE AT I. & T. SHARPES SALISBURY DH21, NVF, Yorkshire - Hull 1791 Obverse: Shield of Arms between sprigs of oak, Reverse: A ship sailing Edge: PAYABLE IN HULL AND IN LONDON DH22 NVF, Yorkshire - Leeds 1791 Paleys: Obverse: Full length figure of Bishop Blaze and a lamb ARTIS NOSTRE CONDITOR, Reverse: Shield of Arms, Above: An owl. DH44 Good Fine, Carmarthenshire - Carmarthen undated (2) Obverse: Interior of Ironworks CARMARTHEN IRONWORKS, Exergue: HALFPENNY, Reverse: Interior of a forge, no brickwork in archway, lower beam points to L and O in the legend, DH7 Fine and VG, Cambridgeshire - County 1795 Obverse: A Druid's head CURRENT IN THE COUNTIES, Reverse: A beehive and bees INDUSTRY HAS ITS SURE REWARD Edge: CAMBRIDGE BEDFORD AND HUNTINGDON, DH12, GVF, Warwickshire -Wilkinson 1792 Obverse: Bust right IOHN WILKISON IRON MASTER, Reverse: Vulcan HALFPENNY, date in exergue, Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON OR ANGLESEY DH455b Fine, cleaned, Warwickshire - Wilkinson Counterfeits undated, Obverse: Bust right IOHN WILKINSON IRON MASTER no stop after legend, Reverse: Moneta seated DH464 (2) both Near Fine, Dublin undated Obverse: A harp upon a rock and a ship at sea, GOD GRANT PEACE, Reverse: Three castles between oak and palm branches, Edge: Plain, DH14a About Fine, Dublin - Camac, Kyan and Camac Harp with 8 strings , Edge PAYABLE IN BUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH DH93 VG, Dublin - Parkers 1792 Obverse: female seated holding a harp, INDUSTRY HAS ITS SURE REWARD, Reverse: RLT &Co. cypher PRO BONO PUBLICO DH364 VG, Drogheda 1792 Obverse: female seated holding a harp, Reverse: Cypher FOR THE GOOD OF THE PUBLICK, DH5, VG Rare, Drogheda 1804 Obverse: female seated holding a harp FOR THE GOOD OF THE PUBLICK, Reverse: Cypher PAYABLE IN DROGHEDA OR DUBLIN, DH6, VG, Sentimental Token 1773 Duke of Gloucester Fine/VG, 18th Century Farthings (5) Middlesex - Pidcocks undated Obverse: An elephant PIDCOCKS EXHIBITION, Reverse: A two-headed cow EXETER CHANGE . STRAND LONDON. DH1066 VF, Middlesex - Pidcocks undated Obverse: An elephant, JAMES below, PIDCOCKS EXHIBITION, Reverse: A cockatoo EXETER CHANGE. STRAND LONDON. DH1067 Good Fine with attempted piercing, Angusshire - Dundee undated Obverse: A pair of scales above a small cypher J M & Co. PAYABLE ON DEMAND DUNDEE, Reverse: A sentinel on duty, a breech of a cannon on one side, part of a fort on the other, Edge: Plain (rounded) DH39 NVF, 18th Century Penny (1) Lancashire - Halsall undated, Obverse: Shield of Arms, Reverse HALSALL D in two lines, DH1, Obverse Fine, the reverse virtually smooth, 19th CenturyShilling (1) Cheshire - Stockport 1812 Obverse: Beehive and 15 bees, G. & R. FERNS & T. CARTWRIGHT. STOCKPORT, Reverse: female seated on a bale to right, holding scales and cornucopia, Y&D below, H on bale, Davis 6, Near Fine/Fine, 19th Century Sixpences (4) Wiltshire - Marlborough 1811 Obverse: four hands
Halfcrown18th CenturyWarwickshire - Birmingham 1788 Obverse: A female seated, giving alms to an old man and a boy, a child kneeling by her side, Reverse: BWH cypher 1788 above TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE, with W countermark on both sides, DH1a, in silver plated copper, GVF/NEF and scarce
Shilling and Sixpence19th Century, Shilling Glamorganshire 1811 Swansea Obverse: View of Swansea Castle, Reverse: A key suspended from a knotted ribbon, Davis 17 Good Fine, Sixpence Glamorganshire H.Rees's and D.Morgans, Obverse: A Tower, Reverse: SIX PENCE within a wreath, undated, Davis 14 Bright NEF
Shillings and Sixpences 19th Century (3) comprising Shilling Somerset - Bristol 1811 W.Sheppard, Obverse: Arms of Bristol with Sept. 6th 1811 below, LET TRADE & COMMERCE FLOURISH, Reverse: SOMERSETSHIRE WILTSHIRE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOUTH WALES AND BRISTOL TOKEN in four curved lines, within, an oak wreath, Withers 49 NVF with an edge pinch, Sixpences (2) Somerset - Bristol 1811 Niblock & Latham auctioneers, Obverse: BRISTOL & WILTSHIRE above bridge, 1811 TOKEN in exergue, Reverse: PAYABLE BY NIBLOCK & LATHAM AT THEIR WAREHOUSE BRIDGE ST. & TROWBRIDGE, in centre 6 PENCE within a star, Withers 63 Fine, Staffordshire - Bilston 1811 Obverse: A castle with 5 lions around BILSTON SILVER TOKEN SIX PENCE, Reverse: ONE POUND NOTE FOR 40 TOKENS, PAYABLE BY RUSHBURY & WOOLEY Withers 3 Fine
Tokens, Weights, Jeton and Countermarked (6) Tokens (2) Sixpence19th CenturySomerset 1811 W.Sheppard, Withers 65 Fine, Halfpenny18th CenturyMiddlesex, undated Mail Coach DH363 Good Fine, Jeton George III 1783 23mm diameter in copper, Reverse Crowned garnished shield, in the style of the Guineas of the same period, Weights (2) George III Guinea weight, Reverse: weight within wreath, with coffee pot countermark, undated NEF, George III Half Guinea Weight, Reverse: weight within wreath, with coffee pot countermark, undated EF, Uruguay 20 Centesimos 1893 So KM#15 countermarked S.GUERRAA, Fine
Tokens a small group (4) Lewes Co-op societies 2 lb. Loaf (2), Sixpence 1885 W.Rogers, West Street, Hastings, Sweden 3 Ore, C.C Sporrong & Co, Mosebacke, Gangbro, Stockholm, along with a One Penny Model undated by J.Moore, Fine to VF
19th CenturyShillings (6) Warwickshire - Birmingham 1811 Workhouse (2) Davis 9 Near EF with an attractive golden tone, and Davis 10">Davis 10 VF, Cheshire - Nantwich Shilling 1811 Davis 1 Near VF, Yorkshire - Bridlington Quay 1811 James StephensonDavis 6 Fine, Staffordshire (2) Bilston 1811 Rushbury and Woolley Davis 2 (2) both Fine. Sixpences 19th Century (3) Staffordshire - Fazeley 1811 Arms of the Harding Family Davis 11 Near VF with some spots, Staffordshire - Bilston 1811 Rushbury and Woolley Davis 3 (2) NVF/Fine and Fine. Ireland Bank Tokens (2) Ten Pence 1813 VF, Five Pence 1805 Fine, GB One Shilling and Sixpence Bank Token 1812 About Fine, toned
Jettons and weights (46) VG to Fine, many are detector finds, along with World and Paranumismatic items (14) including Ireland Sixpence mintmark Bell Fair, and Papal States Soldini (4) VG to Fine, these in mixed lower grade
18th and 19th Century Token issues (26) ShillingDorset 1811 Poole, Davis 6 Fine, SixpenceCheshire 1812 StockportDavis 8 Near Fine, along with Halfpennies18th Century (7), Halfpennies 19th Century (3), Pennies 19th Century (8, one holed) includes Angusshire 1797 Dundee DH5 GVF, Halfpennies 18th Century Scotland (5) 1797 Hutchison's edge DH33 (2) UNC and lustrous, and VF, Invernesshire - Inverness DH3a Fine, Lanarkshire - Glasgow 1791 Cambridge, Bedford and Huntingdon edge, DH3a, NEF, Perthshire - Perth 1797 St. John's Church in White metal weighing 8.54 grammes, 27.5mm diameter, Withers 4a, Fine or better and scarce, and Canada - Bank of Upper Canada Penny Token 1854, VG to Good Fine
Sixpence 1812 Warwickshire - Birmingham, No Wicket, Davis 19 NEF and lustrous, but bent and re-straightened, along with a group of tokens (19) includes many Williams Bros. with higher denominations such as 20 Shillings and 10 Shillings, in mixed grades to EF
Sixpence19th Century Non-Local 1812 Obverse: PRO BONO PUBLICO around a Crescent and 7 stars, Reverse: a G in centre with an eye above, a hand holding a baton below, Withers 20, VF with grey tone and some contact marks, listed at £150 EF by Withers
Sixpences 19th Century (2) Sussex - Chichester 1811 Reverse: Castle, Davis 12, Withers 12, Good Fine, Non Local undated Obverse: Large 6 with Sixpence Token inscribed incuse on the uprights of the 6, Reverse: Britannia seated on a cannon Withers 18-19 Fine, toned
Halfpennies18th Century (48), Pennies 19th Century (2), Royal Carriage Department 1547 Token, George III Gaming token, in mixed grades to NVF, along with a further group Halfpenny 1662 Bristol VG, Halfpennies 18th Century (5), Wellington Halfpenny Cuidad Rodrigo 1812, Halfpenny Norwich 1811 VG, SixpenceHull 1811 VG/Fine scratched, Germany 10 Pfennigs Notgeld 1918 Bonn Fine with some discolouration
Tokens a small group (4) Lewes Co-op societies 2 lb. Loaf (2), Sixpence 1885 W.Rogers, West Street, Hastings, Sweden 3 Ore, C.C Sporrong & Co, Mosebacke, Gangbro, Stockholm, along with a One Penny Model undated by J.Moore, Fine to VF
19th CenturyYorkshire (2) Hull One Shilling and Sixpence 1811 Rudston & Preston, 6 Berries in right wreath and 4 berries in left wreath, U touches border, Davis 13, GVF, comes with old ticket, Leeds Shilling 1811 John Smalpage and S.Lumb, sword hilt does not reach the end of the bale Davis 22 GVF, comes with old ticket
Shillings 19th Century (4) 1812 Doncaster, 1811 Birmingham Workhouse, 1812 Sheffield Young and Deakin, 1811 Bristol, Fras Garratt, Wm Terrell, Edwrd Bird, Lant Peck Frans H.Grigg, Sixpences (4) York 1811 Cattle and Barber, 1811 South Wales and Bristol, undated Britannia left, 1812 Scarborough Lord and Marshal in mixed grades, most Around Fine a couple VF to NEF
Sixpence Ayrshire 1799 Col.William Fullarton Davis 17 in White Metal by Taylor from dies by Milton, UNC with an edge nick, the surfaces attractive with much eye appeal
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