Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway

Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpenny or medalet, 9.45g/12h (DH 261); Newgate Street, Christ’s Hospital, Penny, 1800, 6.98g/6h (DH 9); Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Farthing, elephant, rev. cockatoo, 3.43g/6h (DH 1067a); West Smithfield, Matthew Denton, Farthing, 1795, 3.97g/6h (DH 1053); Uncertain locality, Mail Coach series, Halfpenny with initials jf, 9.32g/12h (DH 363) and a test piece overstruck on a counterfeit George III Halfpenny, 8.53g/6h (dies of DH 363; cf. Spence II, lot 1448); Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (2), bust of Lord George Gordon, rev. legend in 4 lines, 10.32g/7h (DH 782; BHM 227), pig, rev. noted advocates, etc, 7.92g/6h (DH 842b) [8]. Sixth worn, last extremely fine with virtually full original colour, others very fine and better, first very rare (£120-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway.

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