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Sold on 16 March 2006

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A Collection of London 18th Century Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman

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Lot

№ 179

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16 March 2006

Hammer Price:
£140

Bishopsgate, Schooling & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.56g/12h (DH 474); Blackfriars, James Spittle, J. Kirby and Richard Lashmar, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.77g/6h (DH 902), issuer uncertain, Halfpence (2), 10.02g/12h, 9.44g/12h (both DH 257a); Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.86g/6h (DH 295), mule Halfpenny, rev. bust of Prince of Wales, 9.27g/6h (DH 296); Chandos Street, William Allen, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.07g/6h (DH 246), 8.94g/5h (DH 246a); Chelsea, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.12g/5h (DH 277) [9]. DH 277 extremely fine with original colour and attractive, others very fine and better, several patinated (£70-100)

Provenance:
DH 246 and 257a at 9.44g bt W. McKivor July 2005
DH 246a, 296 and 902 bt J. Holman 2004
*DH 277 bt W. McKivor October 2004
Others bt J. Whitmore 2004