Tokens a small group (9) Penny18th CenturyAnglesey 1787 Curved 7, 4 acorns at ribbon tie, 1 of date between N and Y of PENNY, Fine, Pennies 19th CenturyBristol 1811, Gloucester - Cheltenham John Bishop 1812 VG, Halfpennies 18th Century (5) Hampshire - Newport, Isle of Wight 1792 Robert Bird Wilkins DH46 Good Fine, Hampshire - Portsea 1794 Obverse: Shield of Arms/Reverse: A ship sailing PAYABLE above DH70 NVF scarce, Lancashire - Manchester 1793 Obverse: A porter carrying a pack/Reverse: Shield of Arms DH135a VF, Warwickshire - John Wilkinson 1791 No Stop after R, DH432 Fine, Essex - Warley Camp - George Prince of Wales 1794 DH36 Good Fine, along with a 'TO HANOVER token 1837 Good Fine
USAWashington Cent 1793 3 over 2, Breen 1225 Anglesey edge, 10.42 grammes, an earlier striking with no signs of the obverse die breaks in the legend, strong VF for the type, the reverse with a planchet fault on the ships rigging, desirable in all grades above Fine
Halfpenny Token Anglesey engraved on the reverse as a Love Token 'Not Lost but gone before' Female seated right reaches towards a tombstone with cherub on top. 'Margret Heaterton Died Jan 9 1793 Aged 20 Years & 8 months Fine/Good Fine and unusual
An accumulation in a home-made cabinet and box includes GB Mint Set 1994, GB Proof Set 1970, GB Halfcrowns to Farthings 18th to 20th Century, GB 18th CenturyHalfpenny tokens (12), Anglesey Penny Token 1787, 19th Century Penny Tokens (3), Penny 1841 REG:, with World items including USA Mint Sets (2) 1972 and 1972D, USA Large Cents (4) 1812, 1837, 1842 and 1852, Austria Thaler 1780 Maria Theresa Restrike, as part of a group of USA, Canada, South Africa, France, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India and more, includes some in silver in mixed grades (lot), also a group of GB and World Banknotes (47) in mixed grades includes Libya - Bank of Libya Quarter Libyan Pound issued in the name of King Idris I in accordance with Law No.4 5th February 1963, and United Kingdom of Libya Ten Piastres , Law No.4, 24th October 1951 in the Reign of King Idris I, United Kingdom of Libya Five Piastres, Law No.4 24th October 1951, in the Reign of King Idris I
Halfcrowns to Farthings includes some silver minors these include silver Threepences (41) includes some Victorian types, in mixed grades to EF, Penny 1901 UNC, Farthing 1856 VICTOEIA VG/NF, Anglesey Penny Token 1788 VG, along with a small group of World items including Bhutan Hammered Coinage Half Rupee (Deb) types (3) undated 1835-1910 issues each Fine to Good Fine
Farthings 18th Century (5) Middlesex - Pidcock's Elephant/Cockatoo DH1067 GVF, Warwickshire - Birmingham 1792 Bust of John Howard/Cypher DH481A GEF with traces of lustre, Anglesey 1793 Druids Head/Cypher DH457 Fine, Scotland - Lothian (2) St. Andrew 1792 Shield between sprigs DH66 Good Fine, 1796 Bird on branch DH69 VF
Halfpennies18th Century Tokens (10), Earls Court Wheel tokens 1899, 1901 (2) and 1906, AngleseyPenny 1787, and Papal States Baioccho 1801, Fine, as part of a group of Tokens and a few Medals (32) in mixed grades mostly Fine to NVF, a couple better
Penny18th CenturyAnglesey 1787 4 acorns at tie, thick wreath, date above cypher, 1 between N and Y, DH42 GVF, Halfpennies 18th Century (10) Lothian - Edinburgh 1790 DH23 A/UNC, Lanarkshire - Glasgow (2) 1791 R.D. below date, DH2 struck on a thick flan with O instead of CO at the end of the edge legend, EF with some scratches, 1791 Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dumfries edge DH3 GVF, Warwickshire - Coventry 1793 Lady Godiva, Birmingham, London or Bristol edge DH238 EF, Middlesex - Newgate 1794 DH393 No stop after date, Milled edge, About EF, Cheshire - Macclesfield (3) 1789 DH 13/14 (threads on screw not visible) NVF, 1790 DH26 About VF, 1790 DH16, Lancashire - Liverpool 1791 DH67 VF, Middlesex - Masonic 1790 DH370b VF, Penny 19th Century Birmingham and Neath/CrownCopper Company 1811 GVF
World an eclectic mix (8) IrelandHalfcrown 1940 NEF/GVF, Hong Kong 1919 GEF with lustre, Netherlands East IndiesOne Cent 1945 Lustrous EF, Iran 5000 Dinars AH1334 KM#1058 Good Fine, Engraved Love Token on an 18th Century Anglesey Penny Token Fine, Medallic issues (3) G.W.F.Hegel Stuttgart 1831 inscribed Wurtt Landessparkasse on the edge UNC, 1969 150 Years of Wutemmberggifche Verfassung, edge inscribed 1000 B.H.Mayer Pforzheim UNC, Austria Medallic Coinage Gulde 1854A X#M1 GVF, along with Toy Money Half Sovereigns John Cook and Sons Mark Counters (20) EF
Halfpennies18th CenturyWales - North Wales (5) 1793 29 Acorns, Plain edge DH1f, 1793 edge Cambridge, Bedford and Huntingdon DH2, 1793 edge 'Current Every Where' DH1d (2), 1793 Harp reverse, edge 'Payable at London or Anglesey' DH6 VF to NEF
Halfpennies18th CenturyWales - North Wales (6) 1793 29 Acorns, London, Bristol & Lancaster edge, DH1b, 1793 London, Bristol & Lancaster edge DH4a, 1793 'London or Anglesey' edge DH10, 1793 Payable at London or Anglesey' edge DH6, 1793 3 Acorns at tie, 'Payable at London or Anglesey' edge DH8, 1793 Cross above 9, 'Payable at Bedworth, Hinkley or Nuneaton' edge, Rare, Fine to NVF
Tokens (20) AngleseyPenny 1788, Co-Op Lithgow loaf tokens, brown plastic (2), and white metal (3), Riccall Coop copper & tin tokens (12) some rusted. Glasgow Corporation 2d plastic, James Burness & Sons, uniface, bronze
Groats Henry VICalais (2) both Fine, one heavily clipped, Halfpenny Token Anglesey 1791 Fine, Plastic Set 1953 UNC, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968-71 UNC in the blue wallet, Crowns (11) 1953 (2), 1965, 1977 (2), 1980 (2), 1981 (3) AU-UNC
Penny Tokens (4) Anglesey 1787 Good Fine, (bought J&S Whitmore 1983 £5), Bristol 1811 City Arms Fine (bought J&S Whitmore 1983 £3), 1813 Trade and Navigation Fine (bought Taunton Coin Fair 1983 £2), Victoria 1854 John Clark and Co VF (bought J&S Whitmore 1983 £2.50), Halfcrown 1817 a forgery in copper of excellent style Fine (bought Taunton Coin Fair 1983 £2)
Pennies (3) 1871 Fine, 1889 Lustrous UNC, 1920 Lustrous UNC, Farthing 1694 No stop after MARIA Almost Fine, Penny Token Anglesey 1784 Counterfeit DH141 Near Fine
USAWashingtonHalfpenny 1793 3 over 2 Breen 1225 edge reads PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL approaching VF with most of the ship's rigging struck up, part of the overdate still visible and with some die rust marks on the collar
Crown 1977 SilverProof FDC cased as issued, Anglesey Penny Token Low Grade, as part of a group of GB and World 19th and 20th Century includes some silver and some later dates in higher grades (lot)
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