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21–23 September 2016
18th Century Tokens, Stafford, William Horton & Co, Halfpenny, 1797, arms, rev. wh cypher above Staffordshire knot, edge payable by horton and company, 10.11g/6h (DH – [obv. of 21, rev. unpublished]; cf. Watkin 12). Minor flan flaws on obverse, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
18th Century Tokens, Stafford, William Horton & Co, Westwood's Farthing, 1797, arms, rev. wh cypher and Staffordshire knot, edge grained, 4.92g/12h (DH 30; Watkin 13). Minor marks, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £90
18th Century Tokens, Tamworth, Francis Blick, Halfpenny, 1799, church and castle, rev. fb cypher, edge plain, 14.42g/12h (DH 23; Watkin 15). Scrapes on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £140
18th Century Tokens, Tamworth, John Harding, Penny, 1799, castle and trees, rev. Town Hall, edge penny token payable at the house of iohn harding calico printer tamworth, 34.36g/6h (DH 9; Watkin 14). Usual flaw on obverse and die stress marks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with virtually full original colour, very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £650
18th Century Tokens, Wolverhampton, Thomas Bevan, Simmons’ Halfpenny, barrel and bunches of grapes, rev. legend, edge plain, 8.09g/6h (DH 26; Watkin 17). Surface damage at 6 o’clock on reverse, otherwise about very fine, rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £150
19th Century Tokens, Bilston, James Atherton, Penny, 1813, 19.05g/10h (W 33; Watkin 20); Edward Beebee, Pennies (2), 1811, 17.66g/12h (W 35; Watkin 21), 1812, 18.94g/6h (W 37; Watkin 22); Samuel Fereday, Twopence, 1811, 37.82g/12h (W 42; Watkin 18), Pennies (6), 1811 (3), 18.86g/12h (W 45; Watkin 23), 18.51g/12h (W 46), 18.49g/12h (W 51; Watkin 24), 1812 (3), 26.38g/12h, 26.22g/12h (both W 60), 27.54g/12h (W 67; Watkin 25) [10]. W 37, 42, 45, 46 and 51 very fine or better, others fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
19th Century Tokens, Bilston, Samuel Fereday, Halfpenny, 1812, legend around value, rev. legend in four lines, edge grained, 12.22g/12h (W 87; Watkin 31; cf. Baldwin 72, 323). Minor metal fault to right of n in bilston, otherwise extremely fine with considerable original colour, very rare £240-300
Hammer Price: £260
19th Century Tokens, Bilston, George Rushbury and Edward Woolley, Shilling, 1811, 4.00g/12h (D 2; Watkin 2), Sixpence, 1811, 2.05g/12h (D 3; Watkin 3), Twopences, 1811 (3), 39.32g/12h, 38.90g/12h (both W 89), 38.39g/12h (W 92; Watkin 19), Pennies, 1811 (7), 19.18g/12h (W 93; Watkin 26), 20.23g/12h (W 105; Watkin 27), 19.13g/12h (W 115), 19.30g/12h (W 116), 19.68g/12h (W 118), 20.72g/6h (W 141), 16.82g/5h (W 151; Watkin 29) [12]. Many fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £110
19th Century Tokens, Burslem, John and Richard Riley and Machin & Co, Pennies, 1813 (2), 28.83g/6h, 28.42g/6h (both W 638; Watkin 32); Burton-on-Trent, James Pardoe, Pennies, 1814 (2), 18.74g/6h (W 640), 17.49g/5h (W 640a; Watkin 33), mule Pennies (3), 18.23g/6h (W 645; Watkin 36), 16.04g/6h (W 646a; Watkin 35), 18.55g/6h (W 648; Watkin 37); Cheadle, Cheadle Copper & Brass Co, Pennies, 1812 (3), 19.29g/12h, 17.20g/12h (both W 667), 19.47g/12h (W 668; Watkin 39); Darlaston, Job Wilkes,...
Hammer Price: £120
19th Century Tokens, Fazeley, Sir Robert Peel, Charles Harding & Co, Halfcrown, 1811, arms, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 10.09g/6h (D 4; Watkin 5, and pl. ii, this piece). Pierced at 11 o’clock and characteristically weakly struck, otherwise about very fine, very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £70
19th Century Tokens, Fazeley, Sir Robert Peel, Charles Harding & Co, Shillings, 1811 (3), 3.60g/6h (D 6; Watkin 6), 3.62g/6h (D 8; Watkin 7), 3.58g/6h (D 11; Watkin 8), Sixpence, 1811, 1.86g/6h (D 12; Watkin 9) [4]. D 6 extremely fine and toned, others about very fine and better £80-100
19th Century Tokens, Lichfield, John Henrickson, Penny, 38.56g/6h (W 821; Watkin 42); Newcastle-under-Lyme, Cotton Works, Pennies, 1813 (2), 25.61g/12h (W 900; Watkin pl. ii, this piece), 25.60g/6h (W 900a; Watkin 44) [3]. W 900a about fine, others about very fine £80-100
19th Century Tokens, Perry Barr, William Booth, Penny, 1811 [a copy c. 1900], wheatsheaf, rev. value, edge plain, 20.96g/12h (W 956; Watkin 45, and pl. ii, this piece). Extremely fine with much original colour, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £170
19th Century Tokens, Rugeley, Edward Barker, Twopence, 1815, 39.07g/6h (W 965; Watkin 47, and pl. ii, this piece), Penny, 18.10g/6h (W 966a; Watkin 48) [2]. First about very fine and very rare, second fine but with a reverse edge knock at 12 o’clock £120-150
19th Century Tokens, Stafford, John Cartwright, Shilling, 1811, 4.03g/12h (D 15; Watkin 10, and pl. ii, this piece); Walsall, Samuel Fletcher and Samuel Sharratt, Pennies, 1811 (3), 18.17g/12h (W 1145), 18.92g/12h (W 1147; Watkin 50), 17.90g/12h (W 1158; Watkin 51), Halfpenny, 1811, 8.54g/12h (W 1155; Watkin 54), Joseph Parker, Pennies, 1811 (2), 17.68g/12h (W 1169), 18.05g/12h (W 1170; Watkin 52); West Bromwich and Coseley, James Cooksey, Penny, 1812, 18.66g/6h (W 1185; Watkin 59); West...
19th Century Tokens, County series, H. Baylis, Penny, 1811, 19.32g/12h (W 1082; Watkin 15); ‘Commerce’ type, Pennies (3), 1811 (2), 19.02g/6h (W 1088), 19.34g/6h (W 1090; Watkin 11), 1814, 18.16g/6h (W 1092; Watkin 12), Halfpence, 1814 (2), 9.76g/6h, 9.25g/6h (both W 1098; Watkin 17); ‘For Public Accommodation’ type, Penny, 1812, 18.65g/12h (W 1376; Watkin 56), Halfpenny, 1812, 9.38g/12h (W 1412; Watkin 57); ‘To Facilitate Trade’ type, Pennies, 1811 (2), 18.90g/6h (W 1100),...
Unofficial Farthings, Bilston, Alexander Ellis (W 210), Thomas and Frederick Lewis (2 – W 223, 230); Bloxwich, Thomas Gilbert (W 1080); Brierley Hill, John Lay (W 1190), James Wheeler (W 1200), William Wheeler (W 1210); Darlaston, James Huskins (W 1500, 12h), Thomas Wilkes (W 1510); Great Bridge, Gregory & Co (W 1690); Newcastle-under-Lyme, George Berks (W 3720), William Dixon (W 3730), William Hargreaves (W 3740), Thomas Highfield (4 – W 3750 [2], 3760 [2]), William Howson & Son (2,...
Hammer Price: £500
Unofficial Farthings, Hanley, Thomas Hucknall & Co (W 1740), David King (2, both W 1750), Edward Moore (W 1760); Longton, John Butterworth (W 3060), Samuel Wright (W 3080) [6]. Generally about very fine, all very rare £100-150
Unofficial Farthings, Wolverhampton, Richard Lewis (W 5146). Very fine and extremely rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £85
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Abbey Hulton, Abbey Hulton Labour Club Ltd, brass Threepence, 25mm; Burslem, Burslem Coffee House Co Ltd, nickel Penny by Heaton, 25mm, Burslem & District ICS, 2lb Loaf (2, different), 1 Pint Milk (Rains 7, 8, 11), Lander, brass Shilling, 22mm; Burton-on-Trent, Hudson Bros, brass Shilling, 28mm; Cheddleton, St Edward’s Hospital, uniface hexagonal brass 4 Shillings, 27mm, Mental Hospital, uniface brass Penny, 32mm, St Mary’s Hospital, uniface...
Hammer Price: £340
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Burslem, Blue Bell Inn, T[homas] Bentley, Twopence, 27mm (Whitmore 5089); Cheadle, William Alcock, brass Twopence, 1853, 23mm (W 6256); Dale Hall, Travellers Inn, S. Spencer, brass Twopence by T. Pope, 27mm (W 6111); Eccleshall, King’s Arms Inn, G.P. Pritchard, brass Twopence, 24mm (W –), Royal Oak Hotel, Henry Millward, brass Twopence, 26mm (W 5952); Hanley, Finney Gardens, W[illiam] Price, copper Twopence, 27mm (W 5369); Longton, Burrough Music Hall,...
Hammer Price: £550
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Brandy Vaults, William Beeston, brass Twopence, 24mm (W –), Duke of York Inn, brass, 25mm (W –); Silverdale, Star Inn, brass Threehalfpence, 23mm (W 6022); Stone, Darlaston Inn, E. Straw, brass Twopence, 24mm (W 5310); Wednesbury, Green Dragon Hotel, W. Butler & Co Ltd, brass Threepence, 26mm (W 5477); West Bromwich, Plough & Harrow, G[eorge] Bayley, brass Threepence, 26mm (W 5798) [6]. Generally about very fine, some rare £90-120
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Watkin, E.A., Staffordshire Tokens and their place in the Coinage of England, Keele, 1961, 25pp, 2 plates, bound with Watkin, E.A., Staffordshire Trade Tokens of the Seventeenth Century, Keele, 1973, 2pp; together with a red file of Mr Watkin’s original extensive notes on Staffordshire, including previously unpublished biographical detail of many of the issuers, plus a quantity of related ALS and correspondence from P.H. Robinson, C.S. Orme, R.H. Thompson,...
Hammer Price: £180
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