19th Century Tokens from the Collection of the Late Francis Cokayne

WORCESTERSHIRE, Worcester, John Knapp Jr, Halfpence, 1813 (5), worcester (3), 9.66g/6h (W 1280), 8.93g/6h (W 1280a), 8.36g/6h (W 1281), vigornia (2), 9.51g/6h (W 1284), 9.26g/6h (W 1284b); Farthings, 1813 (2), worcester, 4.68g/6h (W 1287), vigornia, 4.19g/6h (W 1290) [7]. W 1280a and 1284b extremely fine, both very rare, others about extremely fine but W 1290 with some surface damage on reverse, a good and attractive group
£200-£260

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 1280 bt Lincoln November 1902; *W 1280a W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27 June 1905, lot 262 (part), S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 658 (part), bt Baldwin January 1931 ‘proof’; W 1281 bt L. Clements December 1916; W 1284 F.G. Lawrence Collection, Sotheby Auction, 2-4 May 1900, lot 377 (part); W 1284b bt Spink July 1916; W 1290 bt Lincoln June 1900