British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

19th Century Tokens, Unlocalised British issues: with portrait of George III, Halfpenny, 1812, 8.42g/6h (W 1445); with portrait of Wellington, Pennies (2), 1813, 18.24g/6h (W 1493), undated, 17.10g/6h (W 1490), Halfpence (4), 1812 (3), 8.39g/12h (W 1515), 7.97g/12h (W 1535), 9.45g/12h (W 1537), undated, 7.67g/6h (W 1497); with portrait of Nelson, Halfpenny, 1812, 9.30g/6h (W 1590); ‘Pure Copper Preferable to Paper’, Penny, 1813, 18.85g/12h (W 1642), Halfpenny, undated, 8.50g/12h (W 1670); RH monogram, Halfpenny, 1814, 7.95g/6h (W 1686) [11]. W 1642 with minor surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare, W 1490 and 1670 fine, others generally very fine £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by John Roberts-Lewis.

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Provenance: W 1490 bt R. Gladdle; W 1493, 1497, 1515 and *1642 bt S.E. Schwer; W 1590 bt Spink