18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds, Michael Apsey, Halfpence (3), arms, rev. kettle and stove, edge grained, 9.22g/6h (DH 28), dublin or london edge, 8.93g/6h (DH 28a), edge plain, 10.37g/6h (DH 28c); Philip Deck, Penny, 1794, bust of Marquis Cornwallis left, rev. Fame, decks edge, 16.44g/6h (DH 4), Halfpenny, arms, rev. cypher above crown, decks edge, 10.79g/12h DH 26); James Goer, Halfpenny, similar, rev. legend, edge plain, 9.91g/6h (DH 27); Charles Guest, Halfpenny, 1795, hand holding auctioneer’s gavel, rev. Fame, edge grained, 8.61g/6h (DH 30); John Rackham, Halfpence (4), Abbey gateway, rev. open book, leatherdales edge (2), 10.40g/6h, 9.70g/6h (DH 29), lancaster edge, 8.91g/6h (DH 29a), edge coarse grained, 9.41g/12h (DH 29d) [11]. Lighter DH 29 turned in the die and with double impressions both sides, this and DH 4 fine, others generally very fine, some better and with a hint of original colour (£60-90)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson.

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Provenance:
DH 27 and both 29 SCMB June 1971; DH 28 bt Seaby 1973; DH 28a T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 225 (part); DH 29d bt Spink c.1975; DH 30 SNC June 1972 (6647).

Michael Apsey, ironmonger, tinman and brazier, Butter market; Philip Deck, bookseller and postmaster, Crown street; James Goer, ironmonger, also in business at Ipswich; Charles Guest, auctioneer, Hatter street; John Rackham, bookseller and printer with a circulating library at Angel hill