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Scotland, Perthshire, Deanston, Deanston Cotton Mill countermarked in a ring punch in relief on a George III, halfpenny (1770-5)(M.6484). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Guernsey, checks, International Red Cross parcel check; Caves de Bordeaux, A.Bulteau 1/2d; no value (1d?) gilt (cf M.9174), Bertin Feuillerat (29mm) gilt holed, another copper, silvered (29.5mm). Fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Cheshire, Nantwich shilling 1811 (D.1); Lancashire, Manchester shilling 1812 (D.6); Middlesex, Charing Cross shilling, undated (D.9), York, sixpence 1811 (D.93/6). The third extremely fine, fourth very fine, others good fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Gloucestershire, Brimscombe Port, halfpenny, 1795 (D&H.59); Hampshire, Emsworth halfpenny, 1793 (D&H.9), Earl Howe halfpenny, 1795 (D&H.9); Kent, Deptford, halfpenny, 1795 (D&H.14); Lancashire halfpenny, undated (D&H.114). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Somersetshire, Bath, C.Culverhouse, I.Orchard & J.Phipps' two shillings, undated arms/legend (D.16). Heavily toned, good extremely fine.
Estimate $220
SOLD $190
Somersetshire, Frome, Selwood, silver shilling, 1812 (D.71). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
Staffordshire, Fazeley, sixpence 1811 (D.12); Yorkshire, Hull, one shilling and sixpence 1811 (D.12/16), Scarborough shilling 1812 (D.35), Sheffield shilling 1811 (D.42/62). Nearly very fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $210
Warwickshire, Bedworth Mill, silver shilling, 1811 (D.2). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Tickets and Passes, Parks, Pleasure Gardens and theatres, including Vauxhall 1828 (3), Ranleagh House 1745, Petersham Park 1766, Liverpool Pitt, Manchester, Surry, Shoreham, (Duke of Northumberland)(cf M.5925), Wigtownshire Trottting track (3, two from Cokayne Collection). Fine - extremely fine. (22)
Estimate $500
SOLD $360
Numismatists, tokens, Sir George Chetwynd halfpenny, 1842 (by Halliday); Whelan (Peter) check, 1848 (M.8429); William Till 1834 penny and halfpenny size - copper (M.8409, 10); Davis, W.J., Brassworkers medal 1890 (M.9580), Birmingham halfpenny, 1894 (29mm)(Bell 450/1); Sir Henry Charles Englefield in silver (12.3g)(M.5863); Minter's tokens or advertising checks and medals, Taylor & Challen Ltd. (M.9136, 7, 8, medals (2 different); D. Uhlhorn, 1862, also medal by Thomason 'Rights of the People' 1823 in copper (38mm)(M.6416). Very fine - good extremely fine, some rare. (14)
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Trade or advertising tickets, W.J.Taylor, in copper (28mm), G.T.Dutton, celebrated Oxford shoe, Queen Victoria 1857 (3)(M.7925), the mule with Parker's wine vaults and Chichester Cathedral, 1831 (M.7959). Extremely fine or better, the last rare. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Boundary tokens, Durham, Manor of Winlanton in silver (35mm)(M.5317); Gateshead (1849)(M.5316); Northumberland, Hareshaw Common, in copper (31mm)(M.5313); Blanchard, 1839 (M.8454); Richmond 1878, T.Shaw, Mayor, in brass, plain edge (31mm). Very fine - good extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $700
Wales, truck tickets, Glamorgan, Penydarren Ironworks, five shillings, 1800, No 1023 (Cox 639); Clydach (Ironworks) shop, (1809-15), countermarked 2 (Cox 633). Fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Wales, The Adelphi Society, pass in silver (oval 28x34mm)(M.5608); Cremation ticket, 1884 in copper, (oval 35x26mm). Nearly extremely fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
River Wear Commission, checks (11), Pier Head Works (2), Scotland, Leith Dock Commission. Fine - very fine and rare. (14)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Ireland, medalets (3), communion token, checks and tokens (6, including two tubs, M.8506 and Royal Dublin Society 'child' pass (c1844)(M.8394/5); Scotland, checks (10). Fine - good extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Checks, medalets, and tickets, miscellaneous advertising medals, balance of collections, includes Kirk's medalets 1773-5 (12), Nelson (2), Bristow 1788, S&B 1773, School rewards (merit tokens) 1817-1826 (5), Mihell's Caravan Office (M.5288), nearly all attributed with Mitchener numbers, all in binder album. Fine - extremely fine. (230)
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $2,400
Co-operative society checks and tokens, an extensive collection in two binder albums, each piece in a 2x2 holder with descriptions and attributed with Rains numbers (800 pieces) plus 27 unlisted in Rains, a copy of the third and latest edition of the reference included in this lot. Fine - extremely fine. (827)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,800
Merchant and other tokens, A.Ryder, Upwell halfpenny, one penny halfpenny and five shillings, set of three cardboard tokens (4 sets); Bexley B.C. one shilling deposit token in aluminium (32.5mm), pierced hole for suspension; Frank H. Webb, Smithfield Market, Birmingham two shillings and sixpence token in aluminium (25mm); Burton Latimer Co-op Soc, one pint token in aluminium (22mm square); E. Roberts, Old Queen Bess Asylum Road, Old Ken Road, three halfpence in white metal (28mm); Wales, Ynysybwl Indus. Co-op. Soc, two shillings in bronze (oval 22x31mm); other tokens including NAAFI half franc, undated (1945); also two laminate blanks, one circular (25mm) and one hexagonal (24mm); ACS, BCOF one unit in aluminium (22mm); Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, locker token in brass (23mm); Onex Industries, Shagmaster Division golf ball token in nickel (23mm); Mander's dairy one pint token, in nickel (17.5mm), with centre hole. Fine - extremely fine. (24)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Elizabeth I, Dangers Averted, 1589, following the defeat of Spanish Armada in 1588, a superb 19th century heavy gilt silver restitution of Nicholas Hilliard's gold medal, bust of the Queen full-face, crowned, holding sceptre and orb, wearing high, open ruff, ornate gown with puffed shoulders, scrolled design in field, DITIOR IN TOTO NON ALTER CIRCVLVS ORBE, rev. a bay-tree flourishing on a small island, uninjured by lightning and winds, border of leaves, NON IPSA PERICVLA TANGVNT, 60.5 x 51.5mm, (40.23 g), (MI i, 154/130; Eimer 61A). A small integral suspension loop attached, much as made together with special made fitted case, medal is toned, extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,350
Return of Charles I to London, 1633, in silver (41mm) by Nicholas Briot (15.02g), king on horseback left, reverse view of London from the south bank of the Thames (MI:266/62; Eimer 124). Fine cast, toned, nearly very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $800
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, 1653, cast and chased in silver (37mm) by Thomas Simon (15.66g), obv. Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, in an armoured and draped bust to left. rev. Lion holding arms of Cromwell and the Commonwealth (MIi,409/45; Lessen (1977) 114-26; Eimer 188). Toned extremely fine, rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,000
Coronation of George I, 1714, in silver (34.5mm) (Eimer 470; MI ii,424/9), by J.Croker, obverse, laureate, armoured and draped bust right, reverse, King enthroned to right and crowned by Britannia, the official coronation issue. Edge nick, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $210
Coronation of George I, c1714, in silver (25mm) (Eimer 471; MI ii, 428/18), obverse, laureate, armoured and draped bust right, reverse, Royal shield within the Garter, scroll below. Nicely toned, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
French Fleet Defeated off Cape Finistere, 1747, in silver (43mm) (MH 345; Eimer 616), by T.Pingo, obverse, bust of Lord Anson left being crowned by Victory with her foot on the prow of a galley, reverse, Victory holding a wreath and trident and standing upon a sea monster, six laurel wreaths around with the names of the principal officers of Anson's ship, Centurion, on her world circumnavigation 1740-1744 (type with Campbel). Nicely toned, a few very minor edge nicks and a few marks in Anson's hair, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,200
Passed in
George II, battles and military leaders, 1758 in bronze (39mm); George III fifty years, Frogmore in white metal (48mm); Death 1820 in white metal (44mm) by Westwood; William IV, Accession 1830 white metal (38mm)(BHM 1418); Laudatory medal for Charles Roach Smith, Numismatist, 1858 in bronze (38mm)(BHM 2636) by W.J.Taylor, London. Nearly very fine - good extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Love token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (8.39g), obverse inscribed, 'John/Taylor/1771', reverse inscribed, 'Mary/Jones/1770'; another, also on a shaved down halfpenny (6.5g), obverse inscribed, 'IBS/1795' with the initials between parallel lines and decoration around, reverse similarly decorated and between parallel lines is inscribed 'AH'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $110
SOLD $140
Advertising token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (7.25g), obverse inscribed in running script, 'Edwd/Johnston/Cock founder/Baldwin's/Garden's/Nr 58', reverse plain except for faint outline of a King's bust right. Very fine.
Estimate $60
Passed in
Fountain Tavern token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (6.39g), pierced hole at edge, obverse inscribed in running script, 'Mary/Hopper at ye/Fountain/Tavern', reverse also inscribed in running script, 'little/old Bailey/LONDON'. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Salvation token, created on a George III first issue halfpenny (1770-75) (6.42g) with reverse shaved down and crudely inscribed in running script between lines, 'I Deveulle/is my name/& England is my/Nation/I do in London dwell/and Christ/is my/Salvation'. Fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80