18th Century Tokens, HAMPSHIRE, Portsmouth, G. Robinson, John Mooney and J. Carter, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.47g/6h (DH 58); Thomas Sharp, Halfpence (4), 1794 (2), 10.45g/12h, 9.74g/6h (both DH 55), 1797 (2), 10.74g/5h (DH 64), 10.67g/7h (DH 65), Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, rev. Britnania, 10.39g/12h (DH 57a), issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1797, 10.12g/6h (DH 67); Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Boulton’s Halfpenny, 1791, 10.39g/6h (DH 89), Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, rev. figure of Genius, 7.28g/6h (DH 91); West Cowes (Isle of Wight), Thomas Ayrton & Co, Hancock’s Halfpenny, 1798, 12.63g/11h (DH 94); County series, Naval Farthings (2), Earl Howe, revs. ship, 3.46g/6h (DH 102a), naval crown, 3.57g/6h (DH 106) [12]. DH 89 practically as struck and bronzed, DH 55 extremely fine with original colour, others very fine to extremely fine £200-250

Provenance: DH 55 at 10.45g, 58 and 64 bt S.E. Schwer November 1986; DH 55 at 9.74g bt Seaby January 1983; DH 57a and 91 bt S.E. Schwer November 1987; DH 65 bt Spink April 1994; DH 67 W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 47 (part), bt Baldwin February 1996; *DH 89 bt S.E. Schwer March 1991; DH 94 bt Spink; DH 102a and 106 bt S.E. Schwer September 1989