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GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory, Samuel Guppy, Second issue, Penny, 1811, ship with boat at stern, 17.66g/12h (W 507b); Halfpenny, 1812, similar, 9.60g/12h (W 513, recté 1812) [2]. First with planchet defect in edge, otherwise about extremely fine and very rare, second very fine £80-100

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 507b W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27-8 June 1905, lot 209 (part)