Auction Catalogue

2 October 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 464

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£680

18th Century Tokens, Anglesey, Amlwch, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (14), revs. Irish Mine Co shield (3), 10.03g/12h (DH 428), london edge, 8.28g/12h (DH 428a), edge plain, 9.97g/12h (DH 428b); seated Britannia (3), 7.77g/12h, 7.72g/12h (both DH 429, former countermarked te on obv.), edge payable at the house of peter anderson london, 13.06g/12h (DH 429b, description corrected); seated Vulcan (3), 7.89g/6h (DH 430), asylum edge, 8.31g/6h (DH 430a), edge plain, 8.12g/6h (DH 430b); female leaning on anchor, 6.88g/6h (DH 431); bust of Prince of Wales, 6.63g/12h (DH 432); ‘Cambridge’ druid, 9.64g/12h (DH 433); helmeted head right, 10.05g/12h (DH 434) [14]. Generally fine, DH 429b extremely rare, DH 428b and 430b very rare £120-150

Provenance: DH 428 W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-15 July 1903, lot 409 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection; others F.S. Cokayne Collection [DH 428a from the Lincoln ‘No. 1’ Collection, bt May 1934, *429b from Baldwin May 1926, 430b from R. Dalton January 1916, 432 from Spink March 1907]