World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Gibraltar, James Spittle, currency tokens, Two Quartos (2), obv. PAYABLE AT JAMES SPITTLES / GIBRALTAR around a lion holding a key, rev. VALUE TWO QUARTOS / 1818 around a castle copper, 28mm; obv. similar, rev. VALE DOS QUARTOS / 1820; One Quarto, obv. similar, rev. VALE UN QUARTO / 1820, copper, 20mm (Lyall 1255, 1256, 1257; Prid. 24, 25, 26; R.J. Ford 86) [3]. First and last good fine, second very fine, the 1818 rare £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: first bt. eBay, 2005; others bt. A. H. Baldwin & Sons, 1986

No trace of anyone called Spittle has been found in the 1791 census nor as a property owner in the property survey in 1813. It is thought that James Spittle had a wine house in which these tokens would have been used to provide small change.