GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, perhaps Ricketts, Evans & Co [Phoenix Flint Glass Works], Penny, 18.43g/12h (W 1610, struck over Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory Penny); issuer uncertain, Bristol and South Wales Pennies, 1811 (6), all with portcullis, 18.96g/12h (W 522), 18.67g/12h (W 523), 18.59g/12h (W 527), 18.53g/12h (W 528), 18.47g/12h (W 529), 19.23g/12h (W 530) [7]. W 530 about very fine, W 522 and 528 extremely fine, the latter with reverse die flaw very clear, others generally about extremely fine but W 1610 with a rim knock, W 527 very rare
£200-260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 19th Century Tokens from the Collection of the Late Francis Cokayne.

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Provenance: W 523 and 530 bt Lincoln November 1902; *W 527 F.G. Lawrence Collection, Sotheby Auction, 2-4 May 1900, lot 376 (part); W 528 bt Lincoln September 1905; W 529 Glendining Auction, 18-19 February 1909, lot 233 (part).

The attribution to Ricketts, Evans & Co, initially made almost 120 years ago, remains unproven