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№ 440

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£420

18th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, imitation Halfpence, 1793 (18), all revs. forge, date in large numerals, brighton edge, 8.88g/6h (DH Warwickshire 400), 10.14g/6h (DH 403), milled over anglesey edge, 10.30g/6h (DH 403a), 9.85g/5h (DH 404), portsea edge, 7.56g/6h (DH 404a), chichester edge, 6.71g/6h (DH 404b), 6.42g/6h, 6.34g/6h (both DH 405), 11.51g/6h (DH 406), lancaster edge, 10.23g/6h (DH 406a), macclesfield edge, 9.81g/6h (DH 406b), i promise edge, 9.51g/6h (DH 406c), lutwyche edge, 9.77g/6h (DH 406d), 10.04g/6h (DH 407), clacke edge, 9.40g/6h (DH 407a), portsea edge, 9.71g/6h (DH 407b), 9.87g/6h (DH 408), 9.80g/6h (DH 408a) [18]. Fine to very fine, mostly patinated, an excellent group, many very rare, especially DH 404, 406a, 406c, 407b, 408 and 408a £200-300

Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection [DH 400, 405 at 6.34g, 406, 406a and 406c from J. Atkins December 1905, 403 from Baldwin January 1925, *403a from Spink, 404 from R. Dalton January 1915, 404a from J.H. Daniels July 1906, 404b from Baldwin November 1906, 406d from Baldwin April 1940, 407b from Lincoln March 1934, 408 from the Lincoln ‘No. 1’ Collection, bt March 1934, 408a bt Lincoln September 1915]