19th Century Tokens formed by David Litrenta

Yorkshire, Hull, Lead Works, John Kirby Picard, Pennies (2), both 1812 (W 765 [2]); Leeds, issuer uncertain, Farthing, 1817 (W 816); Sheffield, Samuel Hobson & Sons, Pennies (3), 1812 (2), 1813 (W 975 [2], 976), Overseers, Penny, 1815/3 (W 1026), Phoenix Ironworks, Penny, 1813 (W 1040), issuer uncertain, Penny, 1812 (W 1070); Whitby, Association, Shilling, 1811 (D 75); York, Cattle & Barber, Sixpence, 1811 (D 96); County, West Riding, Shilling, 1811 (D 1) [12]. One W 765, 816, both 975, 1026 and D 75 fine, others very fine or better, copper patinated (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 19th Century Tokens formed by David Litrenta.

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Provenance:
Best W 765, 1040 and D 1 bt R. Gladdle
D 75 Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 62 (Sydney), 17-18 November 1999, lot 1161 [previously with Spink 1977].
D 96 bt April 1999.

John Kirby Picard (†1843), attorney-at-law and later deputy recorder of Hull, who inherited his father’s lead works; Samuel Hobson & Sons, button manufacturers; Overseers’ Workhouse, West bar, Sheffield, opened in 1733 and vacated in 1829; Robert Cattle and James Barber, silversmiths who both subsequently became mayors of York