British Tokens

18th Century Tokens, ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Penny, 1787, 28.39g/12h (DH 19), Halfpence, 1791 (2), 13.63g/6h (DH 391), 14.73g/6h (DH 405), imitation Halfpenny, 1791, 11.64g/6h (DH 410a), Westwood’s Penny imitating the Parys Mine series for Samuel Solomon, 1788 [struck 1796], with pms cypher, 23.18g/6h (DH 168), Skidmore’s mule Farthing, rev. man hanging, 3.13g/8h (DH 459); NORTH WALES, Lutwyche’s Farthing, 1793, 3.37g/6h (DH 15a, large flan); together with other 18th century tokens (32), viz. Anglesey (18), DH 28, 31, 41, 42, 54, 97, 275, 282, 293, 341, 376, 406a, 407, 427, 436, 438b, 450a, 457, North Wales (6), DH 1b, 1d, 2b, 4a, 12, 15, South Wales (3), DH 26a, 27a, 29, Glamorganshire (3), DH 3a, 3b, 4, Pembrokeshire DH 1, and a lead counterfeit of a Parys Mine Co Penny [39]. Those described very fine and better, DH 168, 391 and 410a with original colour, others in varied state £300-500

Provenance: DH 19 and 391, 405 and 410a M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lots 333, 347 (parts), additionally: DH 391 O.P. Eklund Collection.

DH 168 only illustrated