Augustus Cove, Londonmedalet in the style of an 18th CenturyHalfpenny Token 27mm diameter and in copper weighing 6.8 grammes, die axis upright, Augustus Cove a dealer in China and Glass, was criminally and unjustly treated by the Grand Junction Canal Company. The sorry tale began when Cove took a lease on a wharf at Paddington basin. What followed is told in Cove's book which is named on the medalet. The second edition of the book ran to 185 pages. Obverse: BEWARE OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMP.Y SOME OF WHOSE FRAUD, OPPRESSION, PERJURY, FORGERY, & ROBBERY &Ca, ARE SET FORTH IN ...Reverse: .AUGUSTUS COVE'S PUBLICATIONS. ENTITLED THE TOCSIN SOUNDED OR THE BULL TAKEN BY THE HORNS &c TO BE HAD OF THE BOOKSELLERS Lustrous A/UNC with a few spots, Rare
Halfpenny18th CenturyDurhamSunderland Iron Bridge 1796, the Halfpennies unlisted as such by Dalton and Hamer but referred to in the footnote on Page 28 as 'possibly issued for collectors'. The Obverse WEARMOUTH BRIDGE ERECTED A.D 1796, the bridge within an inner circle with no ships below, and Span 236 F and Height 100 F above, Reverse IRON BRIDGE R.BURDEN Efq. INVENT in 5 lines within a wreath EF
Halfpenny19th CenturyWellington 1811 Obverse Wellington bust to left, no legend and no buttons to the coat, Reverse Female seated to left on a bale of merchandise, holding a spear in the left hand and a pair of scales in the right hand, a ship in the distance to the left, TRADE AND COMMERCE 1811 GVF appears weakly struck with traces of lustre
Shilling 1811 Staffordshire Stafford Shire Hall Davis 14 A/UNC with Proof-like fields, Ex-R.Dalton Collection, Ex-P.Deane collection, Ex-Noble Sale No.58 , Ex-Pitchfork Lot 789
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